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.
The EPR Waste Association of South Africa (eWASA) is sponsoring vital food parcels for reclaimers at the Marie Louise Landfill in Johannesburg. This initiative is in response to the urgent appeal by the African Reclaimers Organisation (ARO) to...
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...
As South Africans mark Plastic Free July by rethinking their packaging choices, data shows the country has recovered 1.3 million tonnes of paper and packaging materials, diverting 72.1% of recyclable paper from landfill, up from 59.2% in 2023. The...