President Cyril Ramaphosa has indicated that renewable energy can be the answer to the country’s energy supply needs. In his State of the Nation last week, he admitted that load shedding is the inevitable consequence of Eskom’s inability to service its power plants over many years.
Landfills create leachate, a liquid that seeps from waste, which is highly hazardous and can contaminate groundwater. SRK Consulting, an international consulting firm that offers technical services to the natural resource industries, posit that...
As South Africans prepared for their traditional end-of-year festivities – from family braais to elaborate Christmas spreads – an uncomfortable truth loomed behind the celebrations. In a country where millions experience hunger, holiday food waste...
E-waste is a growing problem in South Africa. The reliance on electronics for everything from communication to entertainment has led to rising demand for and use of electronics and batteries that will eventually need to be thrown away. Batteries...