At the recent U.N. climate change conference in Paris 40,000 people were fed daily creating more than a tonne of food waste – but that waste wasn’t wasted. At a plant about 30 kilometers south of the French capital, those plate scraps were...
Producing electricity from urban solid waste could provide energy for up to 40 million African households in 2025, according to a study co-authored by the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC). In a report published in Renewable and...
A well-known soft drink company recently released a study that aims to contribute towards recycling and diverting waste to landfill through the support and development of waste pickers. On 29 September this year, the Department of Environmental...
South Africa will soon have a Paper and Packaging Industry Plan, which will bring a significant change in the current waste management regime. “Through this plan we hope that we can commence with separation at source from household levels,”...
