As the pollution of rivers and dams takes the spotlight for water month, the ROSE Foundation is calling on South Africans to store and recycle used oil responsibly. The water infrastructure in many South African towns and cities is already under...
In an effort to assist the drought-stricken town of Makhanda, Engen Petroleum has partnered with disaster relief organisation Gift of the Givers to donate 100 water storage tanks to the embattled community. This comes after the Sarah Baartman...
Séché Environnement Group has acquired 100% of all issued shares of Interwaste Holdings Limited which has been delisted from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). The acquisition will see Séché Environnement and Interwaste combining their...
N1 City Mall’s three in one waste-to-power technology will be on show at this year’s African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa events. The property features an on-site, anaerobic digester that uses organic waste to produce green electricity, hot...
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is set to launch a new online tool that will help municipalities to respond to climate change. As temperatures continue to rise and climate conditions become drier, South African...
We need to improve the design of buildings to minimise wastage of energy. Lam Khee Poh of the National University of Singapore explains how sophisticated computational tools can help designers get towards zero-emissions buildings by, for example,...
Pikitup says it’s losing the battle to keep the Johannesburg CBD clean. It says this is because of repeated illegal dumping that’s been spiraling out of control. The National Institute of Communicable Disease has also raised the red...
The Polystyrene Association of South Africa says plastics are not the problem everyone has made them out to be and that a lack of appropriate waste disposal infrastructure is the real challenge. This comes after a Portfolio Committee on...
The City of Cape Town has allocated an additional R115 million for clean-up operations as part of its efforts to maintain the beauty the mother city has become renowned for. Â This comes after calls from residents for the City to keep a lid on...
The Johannesburg Roads Agency is in the process of testing a new pothole repair technology that it hopes will help its efforts to provide safe road infrastructure for all. According to the JRA the city is on an urgent quest to help repair roads...
