SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

PUBLICATIONS

The role of decision support frameworks in industrial policy development: a South African iron and steel scrap case study.

Sustainable Production and Consumption, 13, pp. 11 – 125.

Chitaka, T.Y., von Blottnitz, H., and Cohen, B. 2018.

In pursuit of environmentally friendly straws – a comparative life cycle assessment of five straw material options in South Africa.

The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 25, pp. 1818 – 1825.

Chitaka, T.Y., Russo, V., and von Blottnitz, H. 2020.

Evolution of value chain and governance actor responses to the plastic leakage problem in South Africa.

Frontiers in Sustainability.

Chitaka, T.Y., de Kock, L. and von Blottnitz, H. 2022.

Circular economy local or global? The case of the South African iron and steel industry. In Sustainable development in Africa: Case studies

Al-Hassan, Masinja and Nagao, Eds. Denver: Spears Media Press.

Chitaka, T.Y., Cohen, B., and von Blottnitz, H. 2019.

Development of a method for estimating product-specific leakage propensity and its inclusion into the life cycle management of plastic products.

The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 26, pp 1431 – 1438.

Chitaka, T.Y. and von Blottnitz, H. 2021.

Do we need more research on the environmental impacts of plastics?

Environmental Research Letters. 17.

Ryan, P.G. and Chitaka, T.Y. 2022

The myth of livelihoods through urban mining: the case of e-waste pickers in Cape Town.

South African Journal of Science.

Chitaka, T.Y., Moyo, T., Gihring, K. & Schenck, C.J. 2021.

Accumulation and characteristics of plastic debris along five beaches in Cape Town.

Marine Pollution Bulletin, 138, pp 451 – 457.

Chitaka, T.Y., and von Blottnitz, H. 2019.

Environmentalism or greenwashing? South African value chain actor responses to plastic straw marine pollution.

South African Journal of Science.

Chitaka, T.Y. 2021.

Transitioning towards a circular bioeconomy in South Africa : Who are the key players?

South African Journal of Science.

Chitaka, T.Y. and Schenck, C. 2022.