Sewege spill causes school closure
Learning at Nomini Primary School in Orange Farm has been suspended because of a sewage problem. Parents and teachers have urged the Gauteng Education department to fix the situation. Source:...
Waste
South African plastics pact a first in Africa
Initiatives like the newly launched and game-changing South African (SA) Plastics Pact aims to tackle the plastic pollution problem head on, by keeping plastics ‘in the economy and out of the environment’. Launched on the 30th of...
Construction of first of nine waste disposal facilities in Cape starts
The construction of the first of nine new regional waste disposal facilities in the Western Cape has started in Mossel Bay. The new facility will serve multiple municipalities along the Garden Route and is aimed at...
Durban’s Mariannhill landfill site set to close
The award-winning Mariannhill Landfill site is facing imminent closure. eThekwini Municipality has terminated some of its operations and will only accept garden waste, cover material and builders’ rubble at the landfill due to the dwindling...
Danone signs to SA Plastics Pact
OUTA: ‘City is responsible for sewage polluting Milnerton lagoon’
Coca-Cola SA launches new 2L returnable bottles – which can be reused up to 14 times
Scientific breakthrough means plastic could be recycled 100 times
Local supermarkets sign pact to reduce plastic pollution
