Source: BizCommunity

Coca-Cola Beverages South Africa (CCBSA) has officially rolled out its innovative 2-litre returnable PET bottles, also known as RefPET, in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Soweto.

To mark World Environment Day 2025 on 5 June 2025 and this year’s theme of “Ending Plastic Pollution”, Pick n Pay is celebrating a major environmental milestone: its Reverse Vending Machines (RVM) customer recycling initiative, which has now diverted over 1.1 million plastic and packaging recyclable items from landfill.

The Shoprite Group is the first South African retailer to launch a fully recyclable 7kg potato pocket – solving a complex packaging problem that has challenged the industry for years.

Less than a year after Boxer Superstores proudly completed and handed over the Boxer School Recycling Project to Vukuzenzele Primary School, the initiative has reached an inspiring milestone: the completion of its first self-funded classroom.

Pick n Pay has partnered with Ocean Plastic Technologies, a pioneer in plastic micro recycling, to create wine box holder stands using 4,420 kilograms of reclaimed and recycled tetra juice packs – equivalent to approximately half a million one-litre packs. 

Get cash – in the form of Smart Shopper points - for your (recyclable) trash using Pick n Pay’s in-store reverse vending machines

The Dis-Chem Foundation is passionate about improving the lives of South Africans, it is therefore fitting that on the 21st anniversary of The Dis-Chem Foundation, it has launched its first hydroponic vegetable garden, marking an important step in its commitment to address nutritional needs within underserved communities in the country.

Boxer has helped a school take a leap into self-sustainability through recycling thanks to a unique project that promises to change the way schools think about fund raising and the environment.

Woolworths, has confirmed a further investment of over R17,5 million in renewable energy projects.