With World Environment Day taking place on Wednesday 5 June, protecting ecosystems from pollution has taken center stage. Used lubricating oil and grease is a hazardous waste that if dumped down drains or poured onto the ground, can contaminate...
On 5 June 2019 is World Environment Day and it’s themed #BeatAirPollution. The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) has recognised that this theme has come at a time that is specifically relevant to South Africa as a new Carbon...
For the past 20 years, SBS, has been actively contributing to South Africa’s water security with its range of Zincalume® water storage reservoirs. Mava Gwagwa, new business and key accounts director, SBS Tanks, discusses how access to water shapes...
SA’s water treatment sector has the collective knowledge, technology and capacity to solve South Africa’s water and wastewater treatment crisis in as little as three years. This is according to stakeholders set to participate in the IFAT water...
Plastic production over the last half-century has mushroomed, from 15 million tonnes in the 1960s to a gobsmacking 311 million tonnes in 2014. It is estimated that 13 000 pieces of plastic litter can be found in every square kilometre of the ocean....
Moves by retailers and shopping malls to ban plastic shopping bags are simplistic, rash responses to a complex problem. That is what Anton Hanekom, executive director at Plastic SA says. “What’s required is a rational solution to the genuine crisis...
Around 180 countries reached a deal that aims to sharply reduce the amount of plastic that gets washed into the world’s oceans and clamp down on shipments of plastic waste to poorer countries. This is according to the United Nations. They...
Johannesburg city manager, Ndivhoniswani Lukhwareni maintains that the claims that his administration is not providing services in Alexandra are not true. Lukhwareni was testifying at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) inquiry on...
While government is working to address operational, structural and financial challenges surrounding Eskom, there is a clarion call from all stakeholders to transition to renewable and alternative energy sources where feasible to do so. “While...
