Welcome to the home of the National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa. As a national industry support programme, it is our mandate and mission to promote a resource efficient, low-carbon and circular economy in South Africa.
The NCPC embeds the broad principles of resource efficient and cleaner production (RECP) to support sustainable industrial sectors, spaces and businesses.
Latest News
Launch of new Circular Economy partnership project with UNIDO
The NCPC and its project partners, UNIDO and adelphi, hosted a launch event of the "Climate and Biodiversity Action through Circular Economy Solutions (CB-ACES)" project in South Africa, on Wednesday, 18 February 2026 at the Protea [...]
NCPC in the news: Babcock Africa partners with NCPC-SA to unlock sustainable gains
As part of its plans to reduce environmental impacts, Babcock Africa partnered with the National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa (NCPC-SA) to conduct resource-efficient and cleaner production (RECP) assessments across selected priority sites in South Africa, [...]
NCPC marks five years of advancing the green economy in Limpopo
The National Cleaner Production Centre (NCPC) celebrated a five-year partnership programme with the Limpopo Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (LEDET) through the Limpopo Industrial Symbiosis Programme (LIM-ISP). As part of the celebrations, the LEDET [...]
NCPC Impact in numbers
emissions mitigation since 2015
savings since 2015
Green skills development since 2010:
trained
developed
14 disciplines