Landfills, depending on who you speak to, are either highly engineered last resort environmental barriers, or the biggest openly legal threat to environmental health. The truth is that the role of the landfill has changed over the years, and its...
IWMSA Executive Officer, Nicolle de Bruyn, recently visited the Mooiplaats landfill and recycling facility, operated by The Waste Group, following an invitation from the organisation to gain first-hand insight into their operations. The Waste Group...
GeT Metal Group (Pty) Ltd and its subsidiary GeT Alloys (Pty) Ltd have successfully eliminated virgin fossil fuels from their aluminium melting operations by launching a pioneering waste-to-energy initiative. The project transforms approximately...
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...
