Waste Not, Want Not | Yasmine Miemiec (MD 5Inc)

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According to the SA State of Waste Report, in 2017 South Africans generated 42 million tons of general waste. Only 4.9 million tons of that were recycled. We have one of the worst recycling rates in the world. It's no longer up to the government or municipalities to deal with the waste WE'RE creating - it's up to us to get with the recycling programme. But do you know the difference between reusing, recycling and upcycling? Not? Then listen here! You can be the difference you want to see in the world...

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26 Apr 2019 English South Africa Home & Garden · Leisure Melanie Walker

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