Producing electricity from urban solid waste could provide energy for up to 40 million African households in 2025, according to a study co-authored by the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC). In a report published in Renewable and...
The Department of Environment Affairs has released a study to facilitate the large-scale uptake of alternative transport fuels in South Africa entitled, “The case for Biogas”. The main objective of this study is to establish an understanding of the...
By Stacey Davidson, Director of the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (Redisa) South Africa produces 108 million tonnes of waste per year. Ninety percent of that waste ends up in landfills, 44% is unclassified...
South Africa’s National Waste Management Strategy aims to see all South African households in the country’s major centres separating household waste by 2016. As the nation gears up for this year’s Clean-up Week, 14 – 20 September, and Recycle Day,...
