Pikitup, the City of Johannesburg’s waste management entity, sincerely apologises to residents who have been affected by delays in waste collection over the past few days. Reduced operational capacity resulted in some scheduled collections being...
As South Africa increasingly turns to waste-to-energy to relieve pressure on municipal landfills and constrained power grids, Kate Stubbs – business development director at EnviroServ – unpacks the technologies, opportunities and misconceptions...
South Africa’s waste challenge is approaching a critical point. As landfill capacity comes under increasing pressure, illegal dumping continues to proliferate in some urban areas and waste generation outpaces investment in infrastructure, the...
In modern landfills, the geomembrane liner forms the key component to the critical barrier system. Its job is simple to state, but demanding in practice: “reliably isolate waste and leachate from the surrounding environment”. The chemistry of...
