The eyes of the world will be focused on the health of our oceans when World Oceans Day is celebrated on Friday, 8 June. Since it was first introduced in 1992, nations around the globe participated in the planet’s biggest celebration of the ocean...
In keeping with the spirit of World Environment Week, encompassing World Environment Day on 5 June 2012, the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) supports all endeavours, both personal and commercial, to observe this year’s...
In his City of Tshwane (CoT) 2012 budget speech yesterday, Executive Mayor, Councillor Kgosientso Ramokgopa, announced the proposed tariff increases on waste, electricity, sanitation, water and property rates for the city. The tariff for solid...
Ghana’s Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, has said the conventional practice of collecting waste and disposing them at a dumping site was not the best for the African continent, and that the adoption...
