For decades, landfills have carried the blame for the failures of waste management systems; odour, pollution, groundwater risks, methane emissions, and the visible reminder of “wastefulness.” But landfills do not create waste; they merely receive...
South Africa is at a turning point in its relationship with waste – and the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) is calling on industry, government, and citizens alike to recognise that the circular economy is no longer a...
South Africa continues to rely heavily on landfill as its primary waste disposal method, a reality driven largely by cost, but one that carries significant environmental and social consequences. “Landfilling is the dominant method of disposal...
For more than two decades, municipalities across South Africa’s West Coast District grappled with a mounting waste crisis: small, scattered landfill sites, many of them unlined, overfilled, and poorly controlled, were becoming both environmental...
