Food waste also comes with its own environmental concerns. Organic waste in landfills is particularly problematic because it leads to the production of methane gas and leachate which contaminates ground water and contributes to climate change. One...
Where South Africa has long been a “throwaway” culture, recycling only 10% of garbage produced, new legislation is set to inaugurate a recycling revolution, injecting as much as R50-billion into the national economy – a special report by Frances...
A new online tool for businesses, NGOs and governments allows them to consider the effect of, and evaluate ways to improve on their carbon emissions. The Global Calculator has been built by the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change in...
Among many things performed by Government, one of its key functions is to create the enabling environment for the private sector to thrive. The spin-off of having a thriving private sector is the resulting unprecedented national economic growth,...
