Despite complaints from residents of several estates in parts of Centurion who say noxious gasses emitted from Interwaste’s FG Landfill site have seriously affected their health and quality of life, Interwaste maintains that its FG site...
Plastic bag manufacturers could possibly find themselves hot water with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) after the Sunday Times recently reported that millions of branded plastic supermarket bags that claimed to be recycled were not....
MetPac-SA was recently announced as the new Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) tasked with representing the interests of the metal packaging industry. Delanie Bezuidenhout, CEO of MetPac-SA explained that the organisation will be focused...
South Africa is beginning to experience a progression in waste management and starting to explore innovative technologies in dealing with waste in a responsible manner, says Jan Palm, president of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern...
A fairly new initiative launched at the end of last year has boosted vinyl floor recycling in South Africa. This is a step in the right direction for the PVC industry as it moves towards reaching its sustainability goals that were set out in the...
Africa’s infrastructural development has been identified as key to boosting economic growth and creating jobs across the continent. The continent also faces a gaping infrastructure financing deficit, and the need to work with development...
South Africa finds itself staring into the all-consuming eyes of junk status, and while some economists predict that a recession will follow, it is not all doom and gloom when it comes to financial growth. While economic growth predictions indicate...
Countries are not investing in infrastructure fast enough to meet water and sanitation targets under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a new report published by World Health Organisation (WHO). “Today, almost two billion...
Former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe received a R30 million payout from the power utility in March, the Sunday Times has reported. However, when asked about Molefe’s payout, Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown said she had no knowledge of the payment...
R88 million has been allocated to tackle potholes in the City of Johannesburg as part of an intervention to address the city’s enormous pothole repair backlog. “We are declaring war on potholes and prioritising the repair of failing road surfaces,”...
