IOL | REDISA’s Stacey Jansen responds to IOL’s coverage of the organisation’s work with Resolve Communications. She argues that using communications support to call out failures in waste tyre management is normal democratic advocacy, not a political attack.
News24 | With all the attention on REDISA’s meetings with ministers, Chris Crozier says the real story is being missed.
Sunday Tribune | Chris Crozier looks at why South Africa’s Extended Producer Responsibility schemes bring in a lot of money but deliver poor results. His answer is governance: when the industry that pays the fees also controls the scheme, there is little reason to cut waste.
Bizcommunity | Writing around Global Recycling Day, Stacey Jansen takes a hard look at the draft National Waste Management Strategy. She finds it rests on unreliable data, has no clear funding model and overlooks basics like working weighbridges at municipal sites.
IOL Business Report | Chris Crozier argues that economic recovery does not depend only on big infrastructure projects. Practical, well-designed systems can do a lot of the work too.
Logistics Business Africa | REDISA warns that weak oversight and a shortage of recycling capacity are causing South Africa’s waste tyre logistics system to break down.
The South African | South Africa is producing an estimated 70 000 waste tyres every day, and the system meant to deal with them is not keeping up.
Bizcommunity | After Deputy Minister Bernice Swarts visited the Rustenburg Waste Tyre Depot, REDISA warned that the country’s waste tyre system is a ticking time bomb.
Engineering News | REDISA says the Rustenburg depot shown during the Deputy Minister’s visit does not reflect the real state of waste tyre depots around the country. It points instead to Biesiesvlei near Lichtenburg, which caught fire in 2023.
SA Polymer Technology | SA Polymer Technology covers a demonstration tour of the Product Testing Institute (PTI) in the Coega IDZ, Gqeberha. The PTI was developed by REDISA and is the only lab in Africa that can do full tyre testing, including rolling resistance, load and endurance tests.