It is challenging to anticipate the types of trends that will shape an industry for the year ahead, but one thing that is abundantly clear is that there is a wave of public awareness towards environmental issues in South Africa. The pandemic has...
A producer-responsibility organisation (PRO) Polyco for the plastic industry is set to launch a municipal-focused recycling strategy, for the purpose of significantly enhancing South Africa’s recycling rates. In a partnership with Buffalo City...
Lucara Botswana’s Karowe diamond mine is located near the village of Letlhakane in the eastern Kalahari Basin region of Botswana where temperatures average 35°C and water is scarce. WEC Projects has secured a R3 million contract for the expansion...
Increasing limitations on sludge disposal is pushing industrial companies to rethink onsite wastewater treatment processes, says Simon Kimber, director, WPL & Atana. This means efficient dewatering to reduce sludge volumes has never...
The City of Ekurhuleni has officially re-opened the Weltevreden landfill in Brakpan after being closed following the fire incident in October. MMC for Waste Management Services and Environment Resources André du Plessis commended officials for...
Compared to manual and semi-autonomous processes, fully automated road assessment methodologies achieve the best results. IMIESA speaks to Simon Tetley, director at ARRB Systems, about how the company’s latest technologies prove beneficial for...
The world’s demand of energy is increasing rapidly, leading scientists into aggressively searching for alternative methods such as renewable energy to assist with energy supply. There are two methods used to convert biomass energy which are...
Chairperson of the Southern African Biogas Industry Association (SABIA) Jason Gifford, has revealed that the association placed the Southern African biogas industry’s direct local and foreign investment value at between R52 billion and R250...
A French company has come up with a plan to recycle Covid 19 medical waste. Face masks are an important tool used to fight the spread of the Covid 19 virus, however they have also proven to be a major source of pollution. Face maskscan be found in...
