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...
Expanded polystyrene (EPS) packaging consumes landfill space when discarded. Reusing this waste product would relieve landfill pressures and provide geotechnical benefits. Previous studies of waste materials for soil reinforcement highlighted the...
In the past two decades there has been a greater focus on ensuring that waste materials are managed properly in order to protect public health and the environment. Health care facilities have different waste requirements than other types of...
In South Africa and indeed globally, there is, and will be for the foreseeable future, a need for landfills for the final disposal of waste. Suitable sites for these landfills have become scarce, and as a result, even though they are more costly to...
