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Wise Owl Lifestyle : Survey 1 (February 2024)
Topic: Recycling and Environmental Issues Background The purpose of our first survey was not meant to be a serious survey, but rather one...

Dean Weiss
3 min read


A new dawn for e-waste in the United Kingdom
Positive Future Ahead: Retailers and Online Sellers to Take the Lead in E-Waste Recycling Starting in 2026, a new initiative by the UK...

Dean Weiss
4 min read


How to help save the environment by doing the little things:
Reduce, reuse, and recycle. Cut down on what you throw away each day. Refuse a plastic single use straw when offered one Don’t buy...

Dean Weiss
2 min read


Air Pollution, an environmental concern!
Air pollution is a major environmental concern. It can harm the health of humans, animals, plants and can even damage buildings. At least...

Dean Weiss
4 min read


Recycling Businesses in Nelson Mandela Bay/Gqeberha/Port Elizabeth
Listed below are a list of businesses in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality area that specialise in the collection and /or...

Dean Weiss
6 min read


Nurdles- A global plastic pollution problem!
What are nurdles? A nurdle can be defined as a very small pellet of plastic that serves as the raw material in the manufacturing of...

Dean Weiss
3 min read


Wise Owl Lifestyle – 2024 Environmental Calendar
January · 1st - Air Quality Awareness Week · 5th – National Bird Day February · 2nd – World Wetlands Day ...

Dean Weiss
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Gqberha beach cleanup -Summerstrand Beach – Saturday 20th January 2024
WESSA (Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa – Eastern Cape) held their first beach cleanup of the year at the Summerstrand...

Dean Weiss
1 min read


Plastic recycling symbols and their meanings
We deal with many plastic products in our daily lives, and it often becomes difficult to know what plastic items can be recycled and which items need to go to landfill..Plastic products often contain a number between one and seven inside a triangle made of arrows. This is referred to as a resin code. The presence of such a symbol on the plastic item however does not mean that the product can be recycled. The number depicted inside the triangle on the product indicates the typ

Dean Weiss
5 min read


Household items you can reuse or reduce to help the environment.
You can reduce your waste by saving and repurposing items from your trash. Daily waste management can help limit the effects of climate...

Dean Weiss
4 min read
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