The Department of Environmental Affairs is working to incorporate South Africa’s estimated 62 147 registered waste pickers into the formal waste economy. Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, made this announcement on Tuesday while...
It is alleged that the City of Cape Town is spending approximately half a million rand a year on maintaining an old landfill site. The dump site, located beneath the popular kite-surfing beach of Witsands between Kommetjie and Scarborough, was used...
The world’s growing population results in an ever-increasing demand for food. However, there is not enough feed to feed the animals which humans consume. In this regard, a new process has the potential to save money and fish populations. In 2012,...
Industry has significant concerns surrounding increased government intervention in waste management regulation and the imposition of a waste management charge or tax. The Waste Management Amendment Act of 2014 requires an Act of Parliament to give...
