CSIR scientist recognised with prestigious NASA Group Achievement Award for Biodiversity Science
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) congratulates Professor Moses Cho on being recognised as part of the team awarded the prestigious…
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Plans for local e-waste recycling in Nigeria, South Africa
CSIR researchers say value from old phones and laptops can stay in Africa The screen might be cracked and the charging port might have given up the ghost…
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Shifting from linear to circular with 2026 Environmental Days!
Every person can make a meaningful contribution to raising awareness and encouraging sustainable consumption, thereby promoting waste reduction, reuse and…
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Creating recycling value in a circular economy
Results from two consecutive national surveys in 2022 and 2024 on environmental literacy show that South Africans are most concerned about water scarcity,…
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Circular economy for mushrooming cities
A team of sustainability experts at the CSIR is testing a suite of industrial ecology tools that allow them to zero in on interconnected environmental and…
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South Africa’s youth essential in the circular economy
Results from a national environmental literacy study conducted among South Africans reveal that older generations express greater concern about the Earth’s…
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Reuse and recognised standards for ‘pensioned’ solar PVs needed for circularity
It is estimated that by 2030, up to eight million tonnes of solar photovoltaic (PV) waste could accumulate globally, rising to 78 million tonnes by 2050 under…
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Driving a just transition to circular plastic packaging
Contributory article by Nicole CrozierResearchers in a new project supporting the transition to a circular plastic packaging system in South Africa’s food and…
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