Government has launched South Africa’s first ever research chairs on waste management, aimed at transforming the sector while contributing to the country’s socio-economic development. The new chairs under the South African Research...
Sandton Central, and many of its local businesses, has welcomed the implementation of the City of Johannesburg’s mandatory separation-at-source programme. With the City’s landfills fast running out of space, fast, its voluntary separation-at-source...
Scientists have accidentally engineered an enzyme capable of breaking down polyethylene terephthalate (PET) that could assist in combating the world’s growing plastic waste problem. The enzyme is based on a naturally occurring bacteria first...
A group of international researchers have found new methods to analyse and separate harmful and critical metals from environmental samples and electronic equipment in order to promote the circular economy. The research group, which is from the...
