“Many economic opportunities exist for South African businesses in the field of climate change,” said Dr Timothy Fasheun, Manager for the KwaZulu Natal Department of Agriculture and Environmental Affairs, at a business forum co-hosted by Proudly South African, the Responsible Packaging Management Association of Southern Africa (RPMASA) and Enterprise Ilembe in Ballito recently. “A scenario [...]

Environmental policies and regulations have a strong impact on future packaging trends. A sustainable environment is important for the public, industry and Government which in turn contributes to a healthy economy; but it is essential that all industrial packaging meets current packaging legislation. The Responsible Packaging Management Association of Southern Africa (RPMASA)’s role is to [...]

The Responsible Packaging Management Association of Southern Africa (RPMASA) together with eThekwini Health have launched The Happy Drum Project providing thousands of community members access to clean containers for drinking water within the Metro and KwaZulu Natal region. The Happy Drum project was launched to support the eThekwini Safe Drum Policy which the Department of [...]

Minimization of waste is at the top of the waste hierarchy and waste to landfill being the main focus of where we don’t want it to end up. Reducing the amount of waste generated from companies in the supply chain is a core piece of the puzzle to finding a solution. The National Cleaner Production [...]

South Africa is in the early stages of rolling out the UN Globally Harmonised System (GHS) for the classification and labelling of chemicals and chemical mixtures as part of their National Regulations and Standards. The GHS classification builds on the well established UN Model Transport Regulations, which classify purely on physical safety risks, by also [...]

It has been confirmed that His Worship the Mayor of eThekwini Municipality, Councillor Obed Mlaba will be opening the Responsible Packaging Management Association of Southern Africa (RPMASA)’s second biennial Conference and Exhibition on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and the Environment on the evening of 07 March 2011 with a welcome reception at the Durban [...]

The Responsible Packaging Management Association of Southern Africa (RPMASA), in partnership with the City of Durban and the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will be hosting their second biennial Conference and Exhibition regarding the transport of dangerous goods and the environment from 07 to 09 March 2011 at the International Convention Centre in Durban. [...]