to zero packaging waste • Plastic straws are no longer available for purchase in store. • Paper-stemmed earbuds will be on the shelves by the end of October and plastic ear buds will no longer be sold in store. • A pilot coffee cup recycling programme is currently underway in NowNow stores, with a view to rolling out nationally; • The retailer is trialing reverse
recycling vending machines, where customers can bring in their recyclables and put them into the vending machine so that they can be recycled. • Woolworths is also trialing a new range of affordable reusable shopping bags.
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Israeli’s develop a smart water saving solution ISRAEL leads the world in offering solutions in dire emergency situations. Israel has come up with a solution to the explosion in the consumption of water bottles, similar to that experienced in Cape Town. This small, 20x28cm re-usable plastic bag, made from robust plastic is able to hold four litres of water. It takes up
no space and has a handle which allows it to be carried with one hand. It is expressly made to carry drinking water only. It DGGUHVVHV VSHFL¿ FDOO\ WKH XVH RI SODVWLF containers that previously contained À XLGV WKDW FRXOG FRQWDPLQDWH WKH GULQNLQJ water or its quality. An emergency situation in Israel kicks
in when water is cut-off for six hours. Every citizen receives at least one of these plastic bags for free. When broken or when they are no longer required, they can be returned to any one of thousands of plastic recycling points, which are to be found on almost every corner. A very HI¿ FLHQW SODVWLF UHF\FOLQJ VROXWLRQ AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2018 39