A dumping site in Salt River, Cape Town is unrecognizable these days after it has been turned into a community food garden. The founder of UK NGO, Progress London, says the life-changing project was made a reality because of funding from organisations like Unicef SA.
Every day, healthcare facilities create volumes of waste that must be disposed of safely and effectively. Kirsten Kelly recently visited Averda’s City Deep Electro-Thermal Deactivation (ETD) plant that receives around 1 000 tonnes of medical waste...
Uncontrolled waste burning poses significant health and environmental risks in South Africa, especially at illegal dumps and within informal communities. Burning tyres, plastics, and industrial waste releases harmful fumes and smoke that affects...
In South Africa, the tyre recycling sector is still largely focused on shredding, crumb production, and energy recovery. Unlike other continents, there is no operational large-scale devulcanisation plant. Introducing one could not only open up new...