WasteCon 2014 welcomes the submission of abstracts for original contribution to the field. The closing date for online submissions is 1 February. WasteCon 2014 will be held from 6–10 October at The Lord Charles Hotel in Somerset West, Cape Town....
African Circle Pollution Management (ACPM) has been commended for its handling of ships’ waste. Kingsley Ajah, a maritime environmental pollution expert, said that a review of sources of marine pollution showed that ACPM had worked very well to...
Plans to establish Gambia’s first plastics recycling plant are at an advanced stage. Gamplast and the Department of Physical planning are currently working together to identify a location in the Brikama industrial area for the plant. The process of...
The Angolan government has allocated three billion Kwanzas (R335 million) for solid waste management. The money will be granted to the central Bengula Province for the collection, transportation and deposit of solid waste. The provincial governor...
Electronic waste is becoming an increasing problem worldwide and Africa has become the dumping ground. The Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP) Initiative has predicted that e-waste will grow by a third between 2012 and 2017. Seven kilograms of...
HP’s collaboration to develop the East African Computer Recycling Center will create hundreds of green jobs and protect health and the environment. Source: HPSource URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFRduGczA_U
The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAFPAD) Programme has released the final publication of its Mozambican Foreign Policy Paper. Despite the seemingly insurmountable challenges of reconstruction and rehabilitation that have...
Jacob Zuma has a tough job. It is election year and, under a cloud of controversy, it is up to him to carry the ANC’s message of jobs, housing and discipline. In his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement on President Zuma’s administration last year,...
The South African Institute of Civil Engineers (SAICE) has qualified AfriSam’s course on good concrete practices and cement manufacturing as part of its CPD (Continuous Personal Development) initiative. The course is aimed at architects, quantity...
