Aerosol cans are among the most recycled packaging in South Africa, namely metal cans. Collect-A-Can has announced that the 2011recovery rate for used beverage cans was 72%. (This recovery rate provides the measure for the industry as a whole. When...
The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) announced in Osaka, Japan, that urgent action is needed to head off the threat to the environment and human health. There is a global waste crisis, they said, as approximately 1.3 billion tonnes of...
Click on the below link for the Weekly State of Reservoirs on the 2012.11.05: https://infrastructurenews.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Weekly.pdf
Rachel Beckwith’s 9th Birthday party wish. Rachel’s family attends Eastlake Community Church (ECC) of Bothell, Washington. The pastor, Ryan Meeks, was promoting raising funds for an organization called “Charity Water”...
A call for urgent action in the water sector – specifically relating to dedicated water resource management and the progress relating to the Catchment Management Agencies – was made by the commissioner in the National Planning Commission, Mike...
The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has raised concern over the quality and price of bulk water being sold by many companies in and outside Harare. Report by Our Staff A recent survey carried out by the consumer watchdog said some of the...
Residents of Ndola’s Itawa Township are worried that they are at risk of water borne diseases because of “dirty” water allegedly supplied by Kafubu Water and Sewerage Company (KWSC). Bright Chinene of Chikola Cresent complained that the water...
Cape Town is revising a pioneering programme that was meant to maintain and keep toilets clean and provide jobs. A pioneering programme to maintain and keep toilets clean in Khayelitsha has failed. As a result, each blockage diminishes the number...
The City of Cape Town stands accused of violating its own water by-law, by irrigating dunes at Bloubergstrand during the middle of the day, and of wasting water by not keeping a proper check on the damaged irrigation system. When a Cape Argus team...
The challenge of water shortages in Vhembe will be history soon as the Nandoni project is nearing completion. This was said by the executive mayor of Vhembe, Cllr Tshitereke Matibe, in response to a question during a recent visit to the area....
