Besides generating electricity, Kusile will also generate tons of coal ash, a bi-product that will need discarding in an ash dump with enough storage capacity to last 50 to 60 years. Since coal ash is considered a pollutant to ground water, the...
Packaging SA has become the latest signatory to the plastics industry’s Global Declaration for Solutions to Marine Litter, highlighting its commitment to finding solutions to combat ocean plastics. “We recognise that plastic packaging is a major...
On November 17 this year, South Africa’s Minister of the Department of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, addressed international officials at the 2nd INTERPOL-UNEP Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Conference in Singapore. “I address this...
The Blue Scorpions are gearing up for a busy November as the unit will heighten the number of raids on polluters and those who illegally abstract water from South Africa’s rivers and dams for the irrigation of their crops and other commercial...
