Following the successful implementation of a pilot project that uses PVC pipe as bins for discarded fishing line along the Overberg’s Gansbaai shoreline, beaches on the Western, Northern and Eastern Cape coasts will soon have bins in which...
Photo: Bruce Engelsman, SRK Consulting According to Bruce Engelsman, a partner at consulting engineering firm SRK Consulting, South Africa leads the way in waste management in Africa, but many other countries on the continent are up to speed with...
The government of Tanzania is in the process of reviewing the National Information, Communications and Technology policy of 2003 to allow recycling of e-waste products in a bid to reduce pollution. Africa is often seen as a ‘dumping ground’ for...
Giles Parkinson writes on reneweconomy.com.au that the failure of support systems in Australia means that South Africa now leads with solar projects and Australia follows. “It is ironic that in the same week that the ambitious AUD1.2-billion (R10.9...
A contract has been awarded to Johannesburg-based WEC Projectsfor a water purification treatment in plant in Zambia. The company will install a 120-kilolitre per hour system to turn raw river water into potable drinking water. WEC’s turnkey water...
Waste-to-energy programmes within the larger waste management framework may be the new buzz term for a new avenue of dealing with waste especially within South Africa’s energy crisis but, these initiatives are developing slowly due to finance...
This facility is managed by Rent-a-Drum and the company has taken recycling one step further with a unique collection system from Finland. Between 2007 and 2011 research on waste management systems in Namibia was carried out as part of a...
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“Ingula is a significant part of our massive infrastructure development programme,” said President Jacob Zuma on visiting the Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme, located in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, recently. Construction of the 1.368 MW scheme is...
The government is hoping to buy time by adopting a short-term solution to the acid mine drainage crisis in Gauteng. Sean O’Beirne, acting head of the environmental affairs department of paratstatal Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority, said...
