NCPC-SA News

16th May 2024 Inspirational innovator in the waste management space, Urban Surfer significantly impressed the judges at last year’s Eco-Logic awards, where they scooped the coveted Eco-Innovation award for their mobile app and supporting systems for Gauteng’s waste reclaimers, or waste pickers. Their... →

5th March 2024 The National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa (NCPC-SA) launched an Industrial Symbiosis Programme (ISP) with the North West provincial government and local municipalities to enable sustainable waste disposal in that province. The programme has now been implemented in all nine provinces,... →

26th February 2024 Industries in the North West province will soon have access to a more sustainable waste disposal option, while also providing small companies with business opportunities stemming from these waste streams. This is due to the upcoming launch of a provincial Industrial Symbiosis (IS) programme by... →

1st February 2024 “The World Bank estimates that nearly 20% of global wastewater comes from textiles,” said United Nations Industrial Development Organization Project Administrator, Franchesca Beru at an inception workshop for a five-year multinational project, titled Promotion of the circular economy in the... →

16th January 2024 His Excellency Mirko Manzoni, the ambassador of Switzerland in South Africa, attended a workshop to mark the end of Phase I and the beginning of Phase II of the Global Eco-Industrial Parks Programme (GEIPP), facilitated by the National Cleaner Production Centre, South Africa (NCPC-SA), hosted by... →

8th January 2024 On Thursday, 23 November 2023, the National Cleaner Production Centre, South Africa (NCPC-SA) hosted a delegation from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) for a site visit to NCPC-SA participating company, Meze Foods. The purpose of... →