Unilever South Africa and the African Reclaimer Organisation are partnering with Wits University to help uplift waste pickers. The Johannesburg-based pilot project will focus on educating and encouraging communities to play their part in sustainability practices.
South Africa generates over 107 million tonnes of waste every year, and it is women, largely unrecognised and unprotected, who keep much of it out of landfill. As the country marks Woman’s Month this August, the Institute of Waste Management...
The annual IWMSA Landfill and Waste Treatment Conference (LaWTiG), this year, hosted by the Kwa-Zulu-Natal branch, brought voices from national and local government, engineers, scientists, and waste management practitioners together for an...
Viewed in conjunction with the draft National Waste Management Strategy (NWMS) 2026, a progressive policy framework aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of Agenda 2030, it is clear that government is signalling a decisive shift in...