Economics And Waste

When science is accessible: A lifecycle-based evaluation of the South African plastic sector

The CSIR’s Taahira Goga and Dr Valentina Russo received the South African Journal of Science ’s (SAJS) Outstanding Article Award for their paper on a lifecycle-based evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions from the plastics industry in South Africa . The paper was co-authored by Prof. H. von Blott...

Project funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to implement and scale circular solutions to plastic pollution in South Africa

An ambitious, five-year project aims to transform plastic packaging in the food and beverage sector in South Africa in a bid to cut down on plastic pollution. Cape Town (30 November 2023). The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and WWF South Africa are spearheading a five-...

CSIR researchers put plastics in spotlight at International Conference on Life Cycle Management in France

International Conference on Life Cycle Management in France Senior researcher, Dr Valentina Russo, and researcher, Taahira Goga, from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), participated in one of the fastest-growing forums for the exchange of knowledge on environmental, econom...