According to RecyclePaperZA, the paper recycling association of South Africa, our country recovered 1.1 million tonnes of recyclable paper products in 2020, putting the paper recovery rate at 69.8%. Today – Friday 17 September – is National...
Infrastructure News Round-Up brings you all the latest news making headlines in infrastructure, water and sanitation, and waste management, in just 90 seconds. In the headlines today: South Africa is the world’s 11th worst plastic polluter...
It is estimated that only 6.1% of metropolitan households in South Africa actively participate in recycling. However, even the most environmentally conscientious people make recycling mistakes. You might even think your home is paperless, so you...
According to a report commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), South Africa is the 11th worst plastic polluter worldwide. “There is also evidence of an increase in marine plastic debris from land-based sources within SA, suggesting...
It is no surprise that Johannesburg, Tshwane and Cape Town all have less than ten years of useful landfill life left, as waste management is the least prioritised municipal service in most South African municipalities. It lags significantly behind...
A Cape Town human settlements development is demonstrating how the government working with the private sector can improve people’s lives and grow the country’s economy. This was the position of Public Works and Infrastructure Minister,...
The amendment to schedule 2 of South Africa’s Electricity Regulation Act, which was recently gazetted, raises the threshold for self- or distributed-generation power plants from 1 to 100MW. The change will allow private companies to construct power...
The R93 million special maintenance project on the R75 from Wolwefontein to Jansenville Phase 2 in the Sarah Baartman District Municipality has been completed. Route R75 is one of the major National Roads within the Eastern Cape that links the...
Due to continuous water disruptions, some of Africa’s largest hospitals are installing water tanks. Water storage solution provider, ABECO Tanks, has installed a 114 kℓ tank for the Covid-19 ward in Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. They also...
The Department of Water and Sanitation in the Northern Cape will send a team of water and environmental experts to various points of the Orange River System to monitor the ecological condition of the Lower Orange River System. The Orange River...
