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CHARLES MULLER

Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80% in next 17 years

This can be done by 2040 if there are changes in the market, a United Nations report has found

  • Sheree Bega
9 min read
Landfills are the third largest man-made source of methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide. (Eryn Scannell/GroundUp)
AFRICA WASTE 50 INITIATIVE

How zero-waste strategies could cut emissions from the sector by 84%

Waste is often ignored … why it’s crucial in curbing emissions

  • Lesego Chepape
5 min read
The “hard-fought” negotiations to develop a landmark United Nations treaty to end plastic pollution closed on Friday without agreement and have been extended again
BREAK FREE FROM PLASTIC

South Africa and other countries ignore waste reduction in climate plan

‘If plastic were a country, it would already be the fifth-largest emitter in the world’

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
Attributing to nature — or Gaia, the Earth system — the capacity to “send us a message” suggests that there is intelligence involved.
CORONAVIRUS

What Gaia theory can tell us about the outbreak of novel coronavirus

Automatic-control mechanisms are part of the intelligent self-regulation that occurs in nature. Thus, the outbreak of Covid-19 could very well be Gaia’s automatic reaction to…

  • Bert Olivier
7 min read