Managing waste is the cornerstone of any functioning city. For Johannesburg, South Africa’s most populous city with 4 million residents, this task is done by Pikitup. Established in 2001, Pikitup and the City of Johannesburg entered into a Service...
To the old saying “Death and taxes are inevitable”, I would add a third – trash. As long as modern mankind has been around, he has generated waste, and the problem is getting worse. Is there a solution other than not generating waste? By Reg...
Waste collection and transport are the public face of waste management. Landfills are the backend that keeps the sector going. As South Africa adopts circular economic practices, landfills still hold a key position in the waste sector, and act as...
Given the country’s energy crisis, and infrastructure woes there are some reservations about Electric Vehicles (EVs) as a viable alternative to petrol cars in South Africa. The reality is that EVs are already commonplace, with an 83% increase...
