After five years of mandatory Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in South Africa, there is considerable pressure to move away from a compliance only mindset towards measurable environmental progress. One of the ways that EPR aims to achieve...
The Institute of Waste Management for Southern Africa celebrates an impressive milestone: 50 Years! That is how long the institute has been serving the waste management sector, adding knowledge, innovation, support, and connection. During those 50...
As South Africa increasingly turns to waste-to-energy to relieve pressure on municipal landfills and constrained power grids, Kate Stubbs – business development director at EnviroServ – unpacks the technologies, opportunities and misconceptions...
In modern landfills, the geomembrane liner forms the key component to the critical barrier system. Its job is simple to state, but demanding in practice: “reliably isolate waste and leachate from the surrounding environment”. The chemistry of...