Pictured: The SR 320 tube bending machine from Schwarze-Robitec produces complete tube systems for manifolds, pressure and steam lines from one work piece within a few minutes According to estimates by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the...
The IWMSA has recently announced that the Health Care Waste Forum Summit, scheduled to take place from the 15th to 17th May this year in Johannesburg, has been postponed. “After much deliberation, we have decided to postpone our Health Care Waste...
2013 recipients come from Colombia, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, South Africa and USA The Goldman Environmental Foundation on 15 April 2013 announced the six recipients of the 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize, a group of, what the organisers have termed...
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) every year 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted. This is equivalent to the same amount of food produced in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa. At the same time, one in every seven people in...
The refuse removal workers in Germiston resumed work on Monday, 15 April, after the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality on Friday, 12 April rolled out its contingency plan to clear the refuse removal backlog in the Germiston area created by the...
High school students Vera Castro and Nancy Contreras take part in raising climate change awareness by asking people what their carbon footprint is. Produced by Fairview High School Video Lab.
With the Homevale Wastewater Treatment Works in the Northern Cape operating at above its design capacity of 30 Mℓ/d, coupled with substantial growth within the catchment area of the works, the Sol Plaatje Municipality identified the urgent need to...
The 100-year-old Umzonyana Water Treatment Works is to be refurbished in a R50 million upgrade project, which will increase its treatment capacity by 30 Mℓ/d – from 120 to 150 Mℓ/d, according to Royal HaskoningDHV, the consultants appointed for the...
Pictured: Acid mine water The start of construction for the pump station and treatment works at the South West Vertical mine shaft, just east of Germiston CBD, marks a major milestone in the government’s fight to prevent acid mine drainage from the...
Lifenets providing invaluable boreholes for communities in Africa.
