By 2050, oceans could contain more plastic than fish. This startling fact was revealed in the report, The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the Future of Plastic. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation released the report last year in Davos. Some of the...
Landfills will be a little lighter in the Cape with a new biogas plant set to open on Wednesday in Athlone. The new waste-to-energy plant will focus on converting organic waste into useable bio-methane which will be used to create products such as...
A R3,7 billion waste-to-energy project that has been on the cards for several years for Nelson Mandela Bay was recently put on hold by the metro’s mayor, Athol Trollip. Trollip said he required more details about how the project would work and that...
By Frances Ringwood A report published by UN think tank, the UN University, has found that e-waste volumes in East and South-east Asia have rocketed by 63% in the last five years. The main culprit is China’s burgeoning middle class and its hunger...
