Networking, debate and lessons learnt were the order of the day at the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa’s (IWMSA) Eastern Cape branch’s waste management conference held from 14 to 15 October this year . With the theme of The Road to...
The launch of the Ekurhuleni Clean City campaign saw the Ekurhuleni Executive Mayor Mondli Gungubele, together with the Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa, roll up their sleeves to clean up illegal dumping sites around Tsakane on...
South Africa will soon have a Paper and Packaging Industry Plan, which will bring a significant change in the current waste management regime. “Through this plan we hope that we can commence with separation at source from household levels,”...
New data compiled by Beverage Marketing Corp. (BMC), New York, shows that between 2000 and 2014 the average weight of a 16.9-ounce (half-liter) single-serve polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle of water has declined 52% to 9.25 grams. This has...
