Waste | Infrastructure news - Part 114

Waste

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Improving waste management

South Africa leads the way in waste management in Africa, but many other countries on the continent are up to speed with their environmental legislation – usually based on World Bank standards. This is the opinion of Bruce Engelsman, a partner at...
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e-Waste: Valuable or hazardous?

The second National e-waste Collection Day, which took place on 13 July 2013 at 631 points nationwide, has added to the growing collection of e-waste by eWaste Association of South Africa (eWASA) member companies for responsible management and...

Keeping it clean

The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) is engaged in a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Project based on landfill gas recovery and flaring at four of its landfills. The latest phase – Phase 3 – involved the expansion of the active LFG...

Kraaifontein delivers on expectations

The Kraaifontein Integrated Waste Management Facility has not only been very well received by community members, but also continues to be praised for its design and functioning, councillor Ernest Sonnenberg, Cape Town mayoral committee member for...