Waste | Infrastructure news - Part 149

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COP 17 and the Kyoto Protocol

The recent Conference of Parties, COP 17, meeting in Durban was its usual rollercoaster ride, ending with a surprise commitment by most of the 200 countries which took part to continue the Kyoto Protocol, along with a draft of other climate change...

Green washing or step in the right direction?

A petrochemicals group involved in affordable housing made from mining and manufacturing by-products, as well as an Eco Industrial Park in the hub of the Free State? Could the world’s largest maker of motor fuels from coal and one of South Africa’s...

Who will pay the price of carbon tax?

Over and above assessing the direct carbon tax cost in South Africa once the verdict is published by National Treasury in February 2012, the country must count the indirect cost of the tax on the competitiveness of its logistics and supply chain...