South Africa is on a path towards net zero, or is it carbon neutral? What about the circular economy? Climate jargon is filling the atmosphere as much as greenhouse gases are, and with a plethora of seemingly interchangeable words, it is important...
South Africa’s waste sector stands at a crossroads. Years of analysis have confirmed what practitioners already know: The country’s solid waste management system is overburdened, underfunded, and misaligned with its sustainability ambitions, though...
South Africa’s cities are running out of space, not only in landfills but in their ability to sustain outdated models of waste management. The traditional “collect and dispose” approach has reached its limits. Financial deficits, deteriorating...
Poor infrastructure, coupled with socio-economic issues and service delivery problems, manifests in excess waste not collected or recycled. This waste adorns streets, the environment and troublingly, water systems like rivers. Rudi Clark, regional...
