Entering an arena where factory recyclers generally fear to tread, a local recycling firm has engaged in the somewhat unusual exercise of a recycled PET brand overhaul. In recognising the rising need to inspire both the public and packaging...
The World Coal Association published its latest report in May Coal – Energy for Sustainable Development. The title is immediately intriguing because, as coal is one of the heaviest carbon emitters, it appears a tall order simply to get the words...
Currently, South Africa has no legislation requiring a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. However in October 2011, Government released a National Climate Change Response White Paper which will pave the way for climate change legislation by...
BP will spend more than $400 million to significantly reduce noxious air pollution from its massive refinery in northwest Indiana (US), the company announced on 23 May, in a settlement with federal authorities and environmental groups that could...
Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, has said the conventional practice of collecting waste and disposing them at a dumping site was not the best for the African continent, and that the adoption...
Cennergi, the South African cleaner energy company recently launched by Exxaro and Tata Power, is thrilled by government’s announcement that it has been granted preferred bidder status on two of its renewable energy projects. The projects formed...
The 2012/2013 budget speech for the City of Tshwane (CoT), which was delivered today by Executive Mayor, Councillor Kgosientso Ramokgopa, proposed increased tariffs for the city’s 2012/13 medium-term revenue and expenditure framework (MTREF)....
The International Society for Trenchless Technology’s inaugural NO-DIG India Summit 2012 held in Bangalore from 14-15 May was attended by more than 100 delegates including senior government officers, contractors and consultants from many Indian...
Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) has reiterated the need for government to get its house in order. The lack of infrastructure development due to projects not being undertaken as well as tender processes taking up to three years to...
