With the capacity of incineration facilities in South Africa unable to accommodate the 4Â 000 tonnes of waste potentially infected by the life-threatening Listeriosis bacteria – many people are wondering exactly how this disposal will take...
With less than a week to go until the inaugural Global Recycling Day event, cities around the world are announcing their plans to celebrate the day. The day, which is an initiative from the Bureau for International Recycling (BIR), encourages the...
Waste removal services in uMlazi, south of Durban, have been interrupted following protest action by municipal contract works which wreaked havoc in the township on Tuesday morning. According to reports by IOL and the Daily News the workers dumped...
As households around the country dispose of polony and other processed meats in response to the Listeria outbreak, the well-being of waste pickers has come under the spotlight. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is calling on...
