#PlasticFreeMzansi Archives

Save the date: Join us for a Camps Bay beach clean-up

Since 2018 Twyg and The Beach Co-op have organised the annual #PlasticFreeMzansi campaign. Inspired by Australia’s Plastic Free July, the campaign educates and informs South Africans about plastic, encourages people to reduce their use of problem plastics, and organises beach...

December 8, 2022

South Africa to join global effort to clean up plastic pollution

Features

South Africa to join global effort to clean up plastic pollution

Plastic waste is a blight on the environment and the planet’s oceans, taking a heavy toll on marine life. Now, South Africa has taken steps to ensure waste along the plastic lifecycle is being addressed. Marine litter and plastic pollution...

February 18, 2022

Fashion

Unmasked Moments

Mother Nature needs our urgent attention. For this year’s #PlasticFreeMzansi campaign, fashion designer Lezanne Viviers of VIVIERS Studio and photographer Thirza Schaap created works to convey this important message. Images placed alongside each other are a double act using, in...

August 1, 2021

Fashion

New study reveals fashion’s polyester addiction and extensive greenwashing

You’ve probably come across flashy signs in clothing stores that say “sustainable”, “low impact” or “recycled” and maybe even purchased from these sections and felt proud for doing your part. But how many of these sustainability claims are true? And...

July 5, 2021

Q&A: WWF’s Lorren de Kock says climate change and plastic pollution are entangled

Features

Q&A: WWF’s Lorren de Kock says climate change and plastic pollution are entangled

There is little sign on beaches and in waterways that the problem with plastic is being solved. After some recent big ocean swells, beaches have become clear evidence of a plastics crisis. Research by Dr Peter Ryan from UCT shows...

July 2, 2021

Just 20 Companies Produce Over Half of All Single-Use Plastic Waste

Features

Just 20 Companies Produce Over Half of All Single-Use Plastic Waste

In a groundbreaking report published this week, researchers revealed that just 20 companies are responsible for producing 55 percent of all single-use plastic waste worldwide. The 20 global businesses are both state-owned and multinational corporations, consisting mainly of energy and...

May 20, 2021

New study finds polyester fibres throughout the Arctic Ocean

Features

New study finds polyester fibres throughout the Arctic Ocean

The Arctic has long proven to be a barometer of the health of our planet. This remote part of the world faces unprecedented environmental assaults, as climate change and industrial chemicals threaten a way of life for Inuit and other Indigenous and northern...

January 14, 2021

Opinion

Film Review: THE STORY OF PLASTIC

Ahead of our virtual screening of THE STORY OF PLASTIC, here is a short review to encourage you to book for the 16 July 2020 event. There is a limited number of tickets available.

July 8, 2020

Fashion

How designer Hamzeh Alfarahneh refashions his kitchen’s plastic waste

In the first of five articles about designers who participated in the #RefashionPlastic campaign for Plastic Free Mzansi, Hamzeh Alfarahneh explains the shift in thinking this project inspired.

July 3, 2020

Tag: #PlasticFreeMzansi

Save the date: Join us for a Camps Bay beach clean-up

South Africa to join global effort to clean up plastic pollution

Unmasked Moments

New study reveals fashion’s polyester addiction and extensive greenwashing

Q&A: WWF’s Lorren de Kock says climate change and plastic pollution are entangled

Just 20 Companies Produce Over Half of All Single-Use Plastic Waste

New study finds polyester fibres throughout the Arctic Ocean

Film Review: THE STORY OF PLASTIC

How designer Hamzeh Alfarahneh refashions his kitchen’s plastic waste

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