Energy Minister Dipuo Peters signed the register of Irena statutes yesterday at the Third Session of the Preparatory Commission for Irena at its headquarters in Abu Dhabi.

“We will now be full members of The Preparatory Commission which is made up of all countries that have signed the Irena Statute.

“This commission is important as it acts as the main decision-making body of the organisation until the entry into force of the Statute after the 25 required ratifications have been realised,” said Peters.

There is an interesting article on recycling at work up at Urban Sprout.

"Reducing the amount of plastic, tin and glass everyone brings into the office is a good place to start. Buy in bulk, re-use stuff you have bought for other functions (pot plants in old tins, re-use your eco-friendly washing up liquid container and get refills in bulk, reuse envelopes and packaging, print on both sides of the paper etc.)

And for those things you have to buy (milk, coffee, sugar), avoid buying anything that is over-wrapped, over-merchandised and presented in something you cannot recycle (this involves squinting at the base of all plastic purchases to try and read their recycling logos and only succumbing to those that can be recycled by the company collecting your recycling or the drop off depot you use – makes for interesting shopping)."

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