The social and financial condition of our planet is pointing to the need for something new and the time to take responsibility for our own future.While people in this country are struggling to keep their homes, their jobs, pay their power bill, and...
In his City of Tshwane (CoT) 2012 budget speech yesterday, Executive Mayor, Councillor Kgosientso Ramokgopa, announced the proposed tariff increases on waste, electricity, sanitation, water and property rates for the city. The tariff for solid...
Thousands of destitute people living on a Gauteng dump are being left by the provincial government to fend for themselves. This comes as the provincial department of local government and housing are refusing help to the residents on the landfill...
The Green Fund, the fifth fund of Anglo American’s enterprise development arm, Zimele, has had an overwhelmingly positive response, since it officially launched in November 2011. The Fund, which aims to empower and encourage entrepreneurs to...
SSI Engineers and Environmental Consultants were appointed by the Municipality of Maseru in Lesotho to design a sludge handling facility. The sludge waste originates from a textile manufacturer in Lesotho and had to be transported at huge costs to...
Entering an arena where factory recyclers generally fear to tread, a local recycling firm has engaged in the somewhat unusual exercise of a recycled PET brand overhaul. In recognising the rising need to inspire both the public and packaging...
The World Coal Association published its latest report in May Coal – Energy for Sustainable Development. The title is immediately intriguing because, as coal is one of the heaviest carbon emitters, it appears a tall order simply to get the words...
Currently, South Africa has no legislation requiring a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. However in October 2011, Government released a National Climate Change Response White Paper which will pave the way for climate change legislation by...
BP will spend more than $400 million to significantly reduce noxious air pollution from its massive refinery in northwest Indiana (US), the company announced on 23 May, in a settlement with federal authorities and environmental groups that could...
Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, has said the conventional practice of collecting waste and disposing them at a dumping site was not the best for the African continent, and that the adoption...
