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Caps collected from used plastic bottles are stored in a bucket at the Waste museum in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, 23 February 2022. Reuters/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo

Nigeria to ban single-use plastics next yearIsaac Anyaogu

#BehindtheSelfie: Lebo Mothobi-Tilo, marketing director at Tetra Pak

#BehindtheSelfie: Lebo Mothobi-Tilo, marketing director at Tetra Pak

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View outside the first plant of paper packaging producer 'Smurfit Kappa' in North Africa, in Rabat, Morocco, in this undated handout image released on July 2023. Smurfit Kappa/Handout via Reuters

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Pick n Pay trials 'pick and weigh' packaging-free zone in Cape Town

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Best in SA packaging shine at Gold Pack Awards 2019

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Dr Carl Driesener, senior marketing scientist at the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute (EBI) of marketing science in Australia explaining the 5 steps to becoming a smarter target marketer at Spark Media's recent event.

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Unilever pledges to slash use of new plastics

Unilever pledges to slash use of new plastics

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PETCO releases definitive guide to recyclable packaging design

PETCO releases definitive guide to recyclable packaging design

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Pentawards 2019 honours best in global packaging design

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Nestlé announces winners of sub-Saharan Africa innovation challenge

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Woolworths to trial recycled paper shopping bags

Woolworths to trial recycled paper shopping bags

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WWF and SA retailers team up to simplify recycling labels

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28 Aug 2019

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa acquires majority stake in Eswatini bottler

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Eliminating packaging is a good start - but here's what supermarkets should do to stop harming the planet

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Toymaker Hasbro to phase out plastic packaging by 2023

Toymaker Hasbro to phase out plastic packaging by 2023

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Broll report details plastic usage trends in SA retail industry

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Sustainability challenges spur innovation among food and beverage manufacturers

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