Waste | Infrastructure news - Part 119

Waste

Buyback centre launched

The Minister of Mineral Resources, Susan Shabangu has inaugurated the PPC Waste Buyback Centre in Diepsloot. The main objective of the R3.1 million centre, focuses strongly on economic development for the community while building a safer, cleaner...

E-waste recycling receives impetus

Hundreds of thousands of used ink and toner cartridges will now be recycled instead of thrown onto scrap heaps, with office automation company Itec adding its muscle to a national recycling project by installing recycling boxes at its 46 branches....

SA’s first green school

Gauteng has pioneered the first green school in the country in Centurion, recently opened by the province’s Premier Nomvula Mokonyane. The state-of-the-art Orefile Primary School is set to dramatically improve learning conditions in...

Choking in its own waste

Lawi Joel reports in the Tanzania Daily News that Dar es Salaam produces on average 4 100 tonnes of municipal waste every day but is able to remove only 50% of the load. Joel says the city is “choking in its own waste”. Waste, if improperly...