3SMedia | Nov 27, 2020
In our last installment of Infrastructure News Round Up for 2020, we brings you all the latest news making headlines in infrastructure, water and sanitation and waste management, in just 90 seconds Take a look at this weeks trending news: Green...
3SMedia | Nov 26, 2020
Who should take responsibility for the life cycle of a product, especially its recovery, recycling and eventual disposal? With South Africa’s extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulations coming into effect from 5 November 2020, we now need to...
3SMedia | Nov 26, 2020
COVID-19 has fast-tracked digital transformation and spearheaded the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) during 2020. This transformation has become essential to not only help businesses be at the forefront of global trends but is being used to help...
Nov 20, 2020
21 November marks World Fisheries Day – a day commemorated to raise awareness on the importance of water as well as the lives it sustains, both on land and for marine life. The use of plastic in the world is affecting and destroying our planet due...
Nombulelo Manyana | Nov 20, 2020
Infrastructure News Round Up brings you all the latest news making headlines in infrastructure, water and sanitation and waste management, in just 90...
3SMedia | Nov 19, 2020
Key role-players in the plastics manufacturing, collection and recycling industries, the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) and other interested parties participated in the 2020 Plastics Colloquium Feedback session which was...
3SMedia | Nov 18, 2020
Polystyrene recycling in South Africa increased by 19 % during 2019, this is thanks to the tremendous growth in end-markets using post-consumer polystyrene. According to the latest plastics recycling figures for the year ending December 2019...
3SMedia | Nov 10, 2020
South Africa’s Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries have identified the country’s ‘green economy’ as a sector that could contribute to economic recovery from the devastating impact of COVID-19. As integral as plastic is to...
3SMedia | Nov 6, 2020
Fires at landfill sites happen more often than you think, and no landfill goes unscathed. There have already been several landfill fires this year in South Africa alone. There are several contributing factors which can lead to fires, but whether as...
