The Ekurhuleni municipality is showing other metros how it is done. This week is Arbour Week in South Africa (1 September to 7 September) and they are planting 1 250 trees in Duduza, as part of the remembrance of the tornado that hit the area a...
Three French companies, Rhodia Engineering Plastics, a nylon producer, Peugeot and car component supplier Valeo, have conducted a life-cycle assessment of recycled polyamide in automotive applications. What they found was that it carries a...
Stuart Gary of ABC Science reports that shipping in Australia may produce up to 30% of all nitrogen oxide and 20% of total sulphur emissions, according to a new study. While these are non-greenhouse gases, they produce photochemical smog and...
The South African government has introduced mandatory blending regulations in a move that would see all motorists in that country using fuel with up to 10% ethanol. This move aligns the country with a number of other states including Brazil, China,...
A Limpopo chrome mine will be the first mine in the country to have an off-grid utility scale photovoltaic system. When it is complete the 1 MW plant will produce an estimated 1.8 GWs of electricity per year. JinkoSolar will supply the necessary 4...
Nigeria, as reported last week, is on a drive to reform its energy sector. When this happens, the country’s GDP is expected to overtake South Africa in 2014 according to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Nigeria currently earns US$235...
The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa and Environmental Affairs Director General Nosipho Ngcaba will oppose an application by the South African Tyre Recycling Process Company NPC (SATRP) and Bridgestone South Africa (Pty) Ltd,...
An interesting video showing you 6 easy ways on how to save water. So much water is uneccessarily wasted each day, you can change that.
New irrigation guidelines for pasture production developed under the auspices of the Water Research Commission (WRC) are proving to farmers that with the efficient application of water and fertiliser the grass can be greener on their side of the...
As many as 46 mines are currently operating in South Africa without the requisite water licences, according to a statement by Shadow Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Gareth Morgan. Morgan said the number had been identified by the...
