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In the Western Cape, at least 37% of waste is organic material – this is waste from food, garden clippings, plant-based materials and degradable carbon, like paper and cardboard

Cape Town – Pitfalls of our consumerist society almost always lead back to waste and by-products of everyday things use and then discard

The amount of urban waste being produced is growing faster than the rate of urbanisation. According to the World Bank by 2025 there will be 1.4 billion more people living in cities worldwide, with each person producing an average of 1.42kg of municipal solid waste per day.

SOIL QUALITY DETERMINES THE QUALITY OF YOUR PLANTS; THE VOLUME OF WATER NEEDED TO PRODUCE CROPS; AND ULTIMATELY – YOUR PRODUCTION COSTS. –

Through years of over-usage, soil becomes depleted of nutrients and can eventually be devoid of the fertile qualities needed to cultivate healthy plants. Overusing herbicides also results in poor soil condition and negative soil humus content. Adding quality, nutrient-rich organic matter back to the soil is the most important critical action needed to reactivate plant growth

Reliance Compost recently earned a gold Eco-Logic Award in the Recycling and Waste Management category, which recognises a policy, programme, or project that has demonstrably contributed to a greater public understanding and participation in waste reduction, re-use, and recycling. We chat to Reliance Compost founder and director, Eddie Redelinghuys about organic compost, growing green minds and ensuring a healthy world for future generations

Reliance Compost won a gold Eco-Logic Award in the Recycling and Waste Management category, which recognises a policy, programme, or project that has demonstrably contributed to a greater public understanding and participation in waste reduction, re-use, and recycling

Reliance, the leading organic compost provider in the Western Cape, receives green light for R250 million Waste to Energy project at Corona Farm in the Paarl region. All appeals against the project have been dismissed by authorities, giving the final go-ahead to the first of its kind project

Currently South Africa is in the middle of a severe water shortage, and water restrictions have been upped to level three. What does this mean for our everyday life? Basically, South Africa’s reservoir dams are so depleted that they’re currently below 25% capacity which means that tariffs are being introduced to make people think twice about their water usage. Unfortunately, everyone will need to do more than just turn the tap off while brushing their teeth. But, don’t stress, here are some very easy ways you can save water at home

This garden is a collaboration between Metro Roof, the Botanical Society of South Africa and Reliance Compost, highlighting energy harvesting methods and water-wise gardening tips. Metro Roof display how roofs, rainwater catchment, water storage, solar panelling and drip irrigation can facilitate energy saving and efficiency, recycling and using your household greywater to water your gardens

Organic, as a buzzword, has moved to extend beyond food trends. It’s a way of life that sees people truly question and care what they put in their bodies – be it eggs, meat or vegetables. If you take a step back and look even further down the chain of food, it becomes obvious that where our food comes from links to the farms it comes from, and if you want to get technical, the very soil it grows in

As busy city dwellers, the sight of people living on the street is commonplace. Sadly, most of us are quite desensitised to the plight of homelessness – we’re able to step over someone sleeping under a cardboard box or keep walking past someone wrapped up under a dirty blanket on a street corner. We’ve become so numb to the sight of poverty that we can separate ourselves from it so totally that we barely register it. Sad but true

In 2016, with modern technology, fast paced lifestyles and our world changing more quickly than we can grasp, it’s quite rare to find someone taking a stand against that ideology to return to their roots. Shannon Draper has done just that – as an experienced seed saver who specialises in heirloom seeds, she celebrates all that is old-world