Following the successful implementation of a pilot project that uses PVC pipe as bins for discarded fishing line along the Overberg’s Gansbaai shoreline, beaches on the Western, Northern and Eastern Cape coasts will soon have bins in which...
Photo: Bruce Engelsman, SRK Consulting According to Bruce Engelsman, a partner at consulting engineering firm SRK Consulting, South Africa leads the way in waste management in Africa, but many other countries on the continent are up to speed with...
The government of Tanzania is in the process of reviewing the National Information, Communications and Technology policy of 2003 to allow recycling of e-waste products in a bid to reduce pollution. Africa is often seen as a ‘dumping ground’ for...
Waste-to-energy programmes within the larger waste management framework may be the new buzz term for a new avenue of dealing with waste especially within South Africa’s energy crisis but, these initiatives are developing slowly due to finance...
