Only 3.3% of South Africa’s households regularly recycle household waste, according to results from a CSIR study conducted in 2010. Another CSIR study also revealed that of the estimated 19 million tonnes of municipal waste generated in this...
South Africans living in urban areas are not big on recycling and unless there is a major mindset change in the next four years the country could find itself having to fork out a lot more money to have refuse separated and removed. Water and...
 The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality wishes to inform residents and business owners in Germiston that the Simmer and Jack landfill site shall no longer accept building rubble and soil for disposal. The landfill site is nearing its lifespan and...
In West Cape News, Peter Luhanga reported on 27 November that violence erupted between the informal reclaimers resident at the Frankdale informal settlement and the security guards employed at Vissershok landfill. The settlement is adjacent to the...
