The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa, has announced that the next Central Branch training dates have been confirmed for 4 to 6 December 2012 at the Plastics SA, Training Centre, Midrand, Gauteng, with a site visit to the FG landfill...
The Minister of Mineral Resources, Susan Shabangu has inaugurated the PPC Waste Buyback Centre in Diepsloot. The main objective of the R3.1 million centre, focuses strongly on economic development for the community while building a safer, cleaner...
Over 100 international companies, including Shell, Unilever, Hollard Insurance, EDF Energy, Braskem, Statoil, Swiss Re, Ricoh and Skanska, have endorsed the Carbon Price Communiqué, which was presented on19 November to the European Commissioner for...
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is calling on the European Union (EU) to phase out fluorinated greenhouse gases, referred to as F-gases, by 2020. The Agency’s new position paper shows that with simple revisions to the F-Gas Regulation,...
Hundreds of thousands of used ink and toner cartridges will now be recycled instead of thrown onto scrap heaps, with office automation company Itec adding its muscle to a national recycling project by installing recycling boxes at its 46 branches....
Adding to Aurecon’s growing list of environmentally sustainable building projects, Mayfair on the Lake, a multifunctional development on KwaZulu-Natal’s (KZN) prestigious Umhlanga Ridge, has been awarded a four-star Green Star SA Office As Built v1...
Gauteng has pioneered the first green school in the country in Centurion, recently opened by the province’s Premier Nomvula Mokonyane. The state-of-the-art Orefile Primary School is set to dramatically improve learning conditions in...
Lawi Joel reports in the Tanzania Daily News that Dar es Salaam produces on average 4 100 tonnes of municipal waste every day but is able to remove only 50% of the load. Joel says the city is “choking in its own waste”. Waste, if improperly...
This short film highlights the Water, Hygiene, and Sanitation needs of rural areas, specifically looking at Women and Water issues.
Caption: Unveiling of the new library building at Isibonela Nursery School in Ogies. The Zest WEG Group recently partnered withTouch Africa and M-Net Cares to build the library at the Isibonelo Nursery School in Ogies, Mpumalanga. The company’s...
