Left: James Kamau enjoying a ReSource read at his stand. Mfangano Solutions provides options and equipment for recycling, including the baling of scrap tyres. Right: Janette Kruger and Zimasa Velaphi from Collect-a-Can said that the conference...
Frances Saliwa says she “wants to make waste nice”. At 67, she has lived in the Eastern Cape all her life and says she wants to make things. She gets hold of old shoes and revamps them using banana leaves. She also makes bags, shorts, jackets, hats...
Joburg’s transformation into a world-class city begins with presenting a clean and hygienic environment to all the City’s residents and visitors. In this regard, the city’s waste management entity, Pikitup has a crucial role to play and the...
On Tuesday evening, Dierdre Nxumalo-Freeman, new President of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA), officially opened the Institute’s biannual conference and exhibition, WasteCon. The event is being held in the ICC in East...
According to Plastics|SA’s third annual survey of the plastics recycling industry in South Africa, the recycling of plastics has demonstrated a year-on-year increase in the total tonnage being converted since the survey in 2009. In 2011 South...
History will be made this week when Ekurhuleni launches the first and only solar plant of its kind in the country. The solar power plant produces about 200 kW of electricity through 860 PV (photovoltaic) solar panels on 2 500 m² of land generating...
Polystyrene recycling is becoming a strong focus in South Africa and last week, we reported on an initiative in Pretoria East for kerbside collections of this waste, along with the Polystyrene Packaging Council. Now it seems that chemists in the...
The PwC Global 500 report was recently released and the results of that research indicated that the Global 500 companies of the world were not implementing long-term carbon reduction programmes to the degree where the effects of climate change...
The enforcement of the management of waste disposal is still a problem in South Africa, according to Deputy Water Affairs Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi on Monday. “A lot of progress has been made in terms of waste management since last year, but the...
According to the Compliance Institute Southern Africa, businesses may be surprised to know that even non-industrial businesses have quite a bit of environmental compliance duties, and that environmental penalties are not necessarily limited to the...
