SA’s marine life is drowning in life-threatening plastic waste. As the largest producer of plastic waste in Africa, South Africa (SA) needs to lead the way in reducing the impact of plastic waste on the ocean’s ecosystem. Accounting for over 2% of...
A steady supply of quality aggregates from AfriSam is playing a key role in ensuring unhindered progress on one of government’s Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs) – the N3 national route upgrade between Durban and Pietermaritzburg. That the sheer...
The recent cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal in the Gauteng province, as well as in Limpopo and the Free State resulting in the tragic loss of 23 lives, serves as a stark reminder of the critical importance of reliable water infrastructure. “Access...
Reduce, reuse and recycle. This is the message Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) continues to reiterate in an effort to beat plastic pollution. Plastic pollution in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro where the Volkswagen Kariega manufacturing plant is...
Is waste paper really ‘waste’ if it has a value? The answer is no, according to Fibre Circle, the producer responsibility organisation which focuses on diverting paper and paper packaging from South Africa’s landfill through collection and...
The Department of Water and Sanitation in Eastern Cape has urged residents in the province to continue using water sparing even as the overall water storage capacity remains above average, with a minimal decrease from last week’s 78.5% to 78.0% in...
Minister of Water and Sanitation, Senzo Mchunu, together with the Executive Mayor of the City of Tshwane, Cllr Cilliers Brink announced that they will work together to fix the Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Works in Hammanskraal. The Minister and...
As a country, there is no doubt we are facing a magnitude of issues that border on human rights violations – challenges that have a longroad to resolution. By Kate Stubbs Not only are we in the throes of one of the worst power crises the country...
South Africans who are serious about being part of the solution when it comes to the country’s plastic pollution must ‘think local’ and not adopt technologies embraced by developed nations in the northern hemisphere. This is the advice of South...
Mpact Recycling, the collection arm of one of the leading recycling companies in South Africa, Mpact Group, is proud to announce the release of its exceptional 2022 figures. The company collected over 700,000 tonnes of recyclables in 2022, a...
