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World Biodiversity Day: Promote the health of our subsurface ecosystem

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  It’s World Biodiversity day, and as countries around the world work towards halting the spread of a virus, there is another global crisis that needs your attention and action; that is biodiversity loss. “Global economic development, population growth, and high waste generation have all dissolved the boundaries between humans and natural ecosystems,” says Brian

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Promoting the health of our soil by composting

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] BiobiN’s mission is to get as many companies and industries in South Africa to compost their food waste. We do this as we understand the value of compost and the importance of preserving our soil. Currently, on average every person in South Africa generates 2kg of waste daily. This amounts to 54.2 million tonnes

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World Earth Day 2020: becoming remote environmental activists

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Wednesday, 22 April 2020 is World Earth day and in recognition of this day devoted to the health of the environment, BiobiN South Africa highlights three ways you can become a remote environmentalist: Find value in your food waste. No part of our food should be going to landfill. The value of food waste is a

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BiobiN aligns with South Africa’s new waste strategy

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]South Africa has a newly revised national waste management strategy that has ambitious goals and waste reduction targets; one being to divert more organic waste away from landfill. The strategy recognises that organic waste represents the largest single waste type volume in South Africa, and potentially a significant resource. This highlights the need to implement

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Reducing our food waste, protecting our wildlife

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Tuesday, 03 March 2020 is World Wildlife Day and we would like to highlight some of the benefits that effectively managing your food waste has towards protecting vulnerable wildlife and biodiversity. Minimises groundwater pollution. Food waste in landfill decomposes and mixes with the water that seeps through the landfill layers. This mixture of water

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ORASA Member

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]BiobiN South Africa is now a proud member of the Organics Recycling Association of South Africa. An industry body representing the organic waste recycling industry. Our mission is to promote and expand the organics recycling market, support our members and champion the recycling of all organics through different mechanisms in South Africa. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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An introduction to a zero-waste lifestyle

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] An introduction to a zero-waste lifestyle As environmental activist, David Suzuki once stated, ‘In nature, there is no such thing as waste. In nature nothing is wasted; everything is recycled’. How do we humans follow suit? Let us look at four helpful tips Conduct your own home waste audit: start by looking at what

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