Waste-wise organisations will once again gather for one of the most important events on the environmental calendar this year, Wastecon 2016. The theme for this year’s conference, which is taking place from 17 to 21 October 2016 at Emperors Palace...
The launch of the Ekurhuleni Clean City campaign saw the Ekurhuleni Executive Mayor Mondli Gungubele, together with the Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa, roll up their sleeves to clean up illegal dumping sites around Tsakane on...
New data compiled by Beverage Marketing Corp. (BMC), New York, shows that between 2000 and 2014 the average weight of a 16.9-ounce (half-liter) single-serve polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle of water has declined 52% to 9.25 grams. This has...
The names of the 12 collectors of post-consumer polyolefin waste that will be receiving a total of R4.6million in grants and interest-free loans have been announced by Polyco, the Polyolefin Recycling Company. As part of POLYCO’s mandate to promote...
