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Last shots not yet fired in e-toll war

Government won its Constitutional Court battle to re-instate e-tolling, but the war is not over as civil society groups look to the public consultation process and a court review. Wayne Duvenage, chairman of the Opposition to Urban Tolling...

Environmental health: How to recycle effectively

Recycling effectively requires separating out recyclable materials, finding out what the community allows people to recycle and removing contaminants like plastic bags and Styrofoam. Recycle smarter, paying attention to what can easily be recycled...

Court issues ultimatum to tyre producers

After the judgement by the Gauteng North High Court on Monday that the application by the South African Tyre Recycling Process (SATRP) and Bridgestone for an interdict against Edna Molewa was dismissed, the SATRP reported that their legal team will...

Eco-Logic finalists announced

Entries for the 2012 Eco-Logic Awards have exceeded all expectations and with judging now completed the finalists for each of the awards have been announced. According to David Parry Davies, founder of The Enviropaedia and initiator of the Awards...

The South African renewable energy debacle

The South African Association of Energy Efficiency (SAAEE) commented on the recent announcement of the postponement of Window 3 of the REIPPP, as reported in our last newsletter. South Africa has postponed significantly the bidding deadline for...

Local paper recycling growing strong

Mpact Recycling reports that paper recycling has grown almost exponentially, with the volume of paper recovered for recycling in South Africa increasing by almost a third in the last ten years. At this rate, it can be around 63% by 2017. This,...

Sasol Solar Challenge gets underway

The Illanga II, a solar-powered vehicle built by students from the University of Johannesburg, left on Tuesday morning with 12 other local and international eco-efficient cars on the Sasol South Africa Solar Challenge. The race runs over 5 000 km...