Camilla Howard and Michael Baretta will be spending seven months from October 2012 to April 2013 traversing 3 300km of South African coastline on foot. With bins on their backs, these social-change adventurers plan to clean up the beaches and put a...
Aid agencies are scrambling to treat thousands of cholera patients in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, where the number of infections is mounting by over 250 per day. Most patients are from the city’s various urban slums, where open...
Q.In the local water industry we have produced many unique solutions to meet rural and urban water delivery challenges. As a company, what are some of the challenges you have faced and the solutions you have found in response to these challenges?...
As droughts become more frequent and water shortages worsen, Kenya is seeing an increase in water thefts and other water-related crimes, police records show. The most common crimes are theft, muggings and illegal disconnections of water pipes by...
The negative impact of waste on the environment and on people’s health is of on-going concern. Poor waste management places significant, and at times overwhelming, pressure on the capability of municipalities to manage waste. In order to address...
There are only 18 days to go before the closing date for this year’s Best Recycled Product Competition, hosted by the SA Plastics Recyclers Organisation (SAPRO) in partnership with Plastics SA and the Packaging Council of South Africa. Judging...
It is not every day that a truck is custom-built and tested to near-destruction to ensure that it is tough enough to handle African conditions. No surprise then that the Axor is such a popular choice among operators in the region. The Axor was...
Growing prosperity and urbanisation could double the volume of municipal solid waste annually by 2025, challenging environmental and public health management in the world’s cities, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute...
Plastics|SA, together with training partners Whisper Boat Building Academy (WBBA) and the Marine Industry Association of South Africa, are inviting deaf students to apply for merSETA funded bursaries that will allow them to train in the art of...
