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Containers

Thousands of pill bottles wash up on Eastern Cape beaches after stormy seas batter cargo ships

LOST AT SEA

Thousands of pill bottles wash up on Eastern Cape beaches after stormy seas batter cargo ships

By Estelle Ellis

Busted — Cocaine haul found in Brazilian port points straight towards dodgy Durban

ILLEGAL SMUGGLING

Busted — Cocaine haul found in Brazilian port points straight towards dodgy Durban

By Caryn Dolley

Uptick: Containers reappear dockside in Cape Town in run-up to year-end holidays

MERTEN’S SHIPPING NEWS

Uptick: Containers reappear dockside in Cape Town in run-up to year-end holidays

By Marianne Merten

By Unknown Author

New Zealand to ban single-use plastic bags

World

New Zealand to ban single-use plastic bags

By AFP

Imizamo Yethu blaze leaves family broken

After the fire

Imizamo Yethu blaze leaves family broken

By Aphiwe Ngalo

Eco Film Fest Review: Plastic, plastic, everywhere – and not a drop to drink

Maverick Life

Eco Film Fest Review: Plastic, plastic, everywhere – and not a drop to drink

By Marelise Van Der Merwe

In Kenya, plastic is not fantastic

Africa

In Kenya, plastic is not fantastic

By Njeri Kimani

Tupperware's Earl Tupper and the power of perseverance

Media

Tupperware's Earl Tupper and the power of perseverance

By Mandy De Waal