The Department of Health has condemned the dumping of medical waste next to the road between Mdantsane and East London in the Eastern Cape. “The inappropriate dumping of medical waste is dangerous for public health. It can lead to infectious...
Latest stats show 62% of all PET plastic beverage bottles produced in SA in 2019 were collected for recycling. Despite global market contractions, and now the rolling economic impact of Covid-19, South Africa’s PET plastic recycling value chain has...
This week’s Infrastructure News Round Up brings you all the major news making headlines in infrastructure, water and sanitation and waste management, in just 90 seconds. In our headlines this week: Energy ministry proposes 2500 megawatt...
Discarded electronics is fast becoming one of the most rapidly growing forms of waste on earth. By 2050, the amount of e-waste will more than double to 120 million metric tons a year if nothing is done to tackle this massive problem. This is due to...
