By 2050, the amount of e-waste will more than double to 120 million metric tons a year if nothing is done to tackle this massive problem. However, data erasure could be the answer, but only if processes are implemented as part of its Corporate...
As business and manufactures start to reopen, many retain their objectives of “zero waste to landfill”. This goal acknowledges that it is not possible to produce no waste at all, but instead requires companies to look at their waste streams and...
The City of Cape Town have said that rubbish collections will be suspended due to three workers having tested positive for COVID-19. At least three workers at different waste depots in Cape Town have tested positive for the coronavirus. This has...
Informal waste reclaimers have spoken of the dire straits they are facing after being forced to stay home as non-essential workers during the Covid-19 national lockdown. This has left them and their families unsure of where their next meal will...
The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries in partnership with the packaging industry have secured a plan to assist waste pickers who have lost their livelihoods during the national lockdown period. “Working with industry and the waste...
The government is looking at providing some sort of relief to waste pickers, who have been left without a livelihood since the national lockdown began. Minister of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries, Barbara Creecy, said waste...
eNCA reporter Maageketla Mohlabe has moved to Pikitup Depot Waterval to see how the workers are navigating their work in light of COVID-19. Source:...
EThekwini Municipality Cleansing and Solid Waste Unit has issued an updated plan regarding refuse collection and waste disposal during the national 21-day lockdown. Ethekwini Municipality’s deputy head of communications, Mandla Nsele said domestic...
As South Africans prepare to stay indoors for the next three weeks, our waste generation at home is projected to increase. The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) supports the continuation of waste collection, processing and...