According to WWF, 10 million tonnes of food ends up as waste in South Africa, which is about a third of the 31 million tonnes produced annually in the country. Of this wasted food, about 90% is disposed of to landfills, where it leads to the...
The Portfolio Committee on Environment, Forestry and Fisheries heard that an outright ban on plastic bags would have far-reaching negative implications for employment at a time when the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has caused huge...
Plastics SA, the umbrella body representing the entire South African plastics industry, has released the plastics recycling figures for the year ending December 2019. During 2019, 503 600 tons of plastics waste was collected for...
Infrastructure News Round Up brings you all the latest news making headlines in infrastructure, water and sanitation and waste management, in just 90 seconds. In this weeks installment: R84 billion mega-city in Gauteng to address housing for...
