The Drakenstein Municipality in the Western Cape currently has a big waste management problem – they are running out of landfill air space. To help alleviate the pressure placed on landfills in the district, a new waste-to-energy facility is being...
The waste-to-energy trend gaining momentum in South Africa is spreading throughout the continent and developing countries around the globe. Last week saw the opening of a new biogas plant in Athlone near Cape Town, and Ethiopia also recently opened...
Middle-Eastern airline Emirates has introduced new sustainable blankets made from 100% recycled plastic PET bottles. EcoTHREAD patented technology has been used to create the new environmentally-friendly product, with 28 recycled plastic bottles...
A new recycling operation in Germiston plans to increase the number of PET bottles recycled every year by 29,000 tonnes. The state-of-the-art polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling facility called Mpact Polymers is based in Germiston and is an...
