The Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (SAPPMA) has announced the appointment of Ian Venter Technical Manager with effect from 1 November 2018. Venter, who will be replacing Willem Liebenberg, is well known and highly regarded...
Averda South Africa has come out tops in a national survey on waste management companies in the country. The waste management giant scooped four category wins at the 2018 PMR.Africa Awards. Averda walked away with the diamond arrow awards in the...
The first commercial flight fuelled from recycled industrial waste has successfully touched down at London’s Gatwick Airport. The Virgin Atlantic 747’s flight was the first to use a new blend of normal jet fuel and ethanol produced from waste...
Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital, in Krugersdorp West of Johannesburg, recently played host to a health care waste awareness event. The purpose of the event according to Environmental Health Practitioner, Nyeleti Zitha, was to inform all health-care workers...
Approximately 100 volunteers rolled up their sleeves recently to help rid Robben Island of waste in the iconic landmarks largest clean-up to date. As a tourist attraction and World Heritage site Robben Island draws over 300 000 visitors annually....
The North West provincial government is set to launch its first state owned waste buy-back centre in Mahikeng, as part of a waste management plan. Through the buy-back centre waste collectors will be able to sell recyclable waste like paper,...
There aren’t enough air quality monitoring stations in the country. This emerged during the first day of a three-day Air quality governance Lekgotla underway in Kimberley. Industries including mining companies are regarded as the main...
A few weeks ago Energy Minister Jeff Radebe released an updated Integrated Resource Plan – IRP – for public input for a period of 60 days. The plan in its current form sees a halt to nuclear power expansion plans until 2030 and will...
The extent of South Africa’s Transport related assets collectively make it one of the country’s largest national assets raising the question: Are we planning and implementing transport projects to get the most out of the opportunities that exist,...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has called on the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to order an intervention and financial rescue plan for Emfuleni Local Municipality. This comes after the commission held hearings last week to...
