Experts have said that the carbon tax – which was introduced beginning of the month – is way too low and it will have almost no effect in curbing South Africa’s greenhouse gas emissions. Companies will pay 42 US cents a ton of carbon emissions,...
Tshwane metro is set to open new landfill sites to end dumping woes for its residents. Spokesperson Lindela Mashigo told Record East that the metro has already identified sites and feasibility studies would soon commence, in order to determine...
Cape Town is planning for the worst-case water scenario. The city’s water supply has stabilised significantly over the last year and now the Cape government has approved a new 10-year strategy, which includes a permanent desalination...
Although many South Africans are routinely reducing, reusing and recycling their waste in order to lessen the mountain of waste sent to landfill each day, this isn’t enough. However, we’re still facing a world where there will be more plastic in...
Globally, we are ingesting an average of 5 grams of plastic every week, which is the equivalent of a credit card. This is according to a new study by the University of Newcastle, in Australia. This plastic contamination comes from...
Plastics SA, the body that represents all role-players in the industry, has called on government to use all revenue made from levies on supermarket plastic bags for recycling. Plastics SA says government has made nearly 2 billion rand from levies...
Up to two tonnes of plastic pellets will make its way to Jeffreys Bay over the next few weeks, all for the construction of the first “plastic” or eco-friendly road in Africa. Kouga Municipality last week officially launched the plastic road trial,...
In just two hours, volunteers managed to pick up 160 kg of recyclable waste and 420 kg of general waste on Port Elizabeth beachfront, stretching in between Pollock beach and Shark Rock Pier. Partnering with local conservation organisation...
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has gazetted municipal cost containment regulations, which National Treasury says are aimed at ensuring that the resources of municipalities and municipal entities are used effectively, efficiently and economically....
