South African retailer Woolworths has called off a retail trial that introduced colourful plastic egg containers, following backlash from customers on social media platforms.

A wildfire fanned by gusting winds engulfed large sections of an eco-friendly wine farm in Paarl, destroying a manor house and buildings, some of which are more than 300 years old.

What’s happening with the revenue generated by the plastic bag levy? Consumer watchdog Georgina Crouth investigates. They’re dubbed our “national flower” because so many of them are seen flapping in the wind, entangled in fences, bushes and trees - the detritus of a consumerist society.

After successfully opening his first “green” bakery in Khayelitsha in 2014, Lufefe Nomjana, popularly known as the Spinach King, opened his second bakery four months ago and plans to franchise his concept.

Customers can pick their own loose organic fruit and vegetables from Woolworths’ largest organics range available within Woolworths Warringah Mall on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.

The ‘Renewable Energy Champions’ campaign was first launched by Greenpeace in April this year with the report ‘Shopping Clean: Retailers and Renewable Energy’

According to Shabeer Jhetam, the CEO of The Glass Recycling Company (TGRC), South Africa’s official organisation for promoting glass recycling and its reuse, supermarkets are considered very important partners in the quest to recycle as much glass as possible.

More than 25 000 pupils in 50 primary and high schools situated in rural KwaZulu-Natal will be educated about the devastating effects of pollution in the oceans on marine life through an interactive presentation hosted by Steven Ngubane of Aqua Amazing, sponsorsed by Plastics|SA, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife and Umgeni Water.

Much of the plastic packaging used for food can be recycled, from egg containers, to milk jugs, to butter tubs. But what about that thin plastic film stretched around wedges of cheese or rib-eye steaks?