South Africa’s waste management landscape is changing, and rather than a sudden change, there is a steady incremental change each year as the country moves towards a more sustainable waste management model. This is according to the latest GreenCape...
Environmental justice organisation Earthlife Africa Johannesburg (ELA) lost its legal bid to halt nuclear waste smelting operations at the Nuclear Energy Corporation’s Pelindaba plant. The ELA argued several points including that the Department of...
Tests have begun at Africa’s first plant that plans to convert plastic waste into commercial synthetic fuel oil. Renewable energy company Alternative Energy Systems, based in Kenya, uses a conversion technology that involves heating the waste under...
South Africa’s paper recycling rates match up to many developed economies. The volume of paper and paper packaging recovered globally for recycling has increased substantially over the past decade. In 2000, the Paper Recycling Association of South...
