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Redisa plan on a roll

The much beleaguered waste tyre management plan of the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (Redisa) was re-gazetted on 30 November after the Retail Motor Industry (RMI) won an interdict against the implementation of the...

Tyre recycling plan halted

The Redisa (Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa) tyre recycling plan, recently gazetted amongst much controversy, has received a major blow. The Retail Motor Industry (RMI) succeeded in getting a temporary interdict...

Choking in its own waste

Lawi Joel reports in the Tanzania Daily News that Dar es Salaam produces on average 4 100 tonnes of municipal waste every day but is able to remove only 50% of the load. Joel says the city is “choking in its own waste”. Waste, if improperly...

SA’s waste management leads in Africa

Photo: Bruce Engelsman, SRK Consulting According to Bruce Engelsman, a partner at consulting engineering firm SRK Consulting, South Africa leads the way in waste management in Africa, but many other countries on the continent are up to speed with...