By 2012, the capacity of the landfill site at Mpofana, near Mooi River in KwaZulu-Natal, was reaching saturation point. Having started as a local refuse site for domestic waste, mainly from the Bruntville settlement, this informal landfill could no...
This year’s biennial Eastern Cape ‘Green Revolution’ Conference saw the 72 delegates join in on significant discussions about environmental consciousness and the lessons the waste management industry can learn from countries like the UK, while also...
With the majority of municipalities facing serious economic, social and environmental challenges related to solid waste management, innovative solutions for financing this management are needed to address this. RéSource takes a closer look. In...
South Africa leads the way in waste management in Africa, but many other countries on the continent are up to speed with their environmental legislation – usually based on World Bank standards. This is the opinion of Bruce Engelsman, a partner at...
