The Saldanha Bay Municipality’s separation-at-source residential recycling project has won the Silver Award in the Municipal Category at the recent Eco-Logic National Environmental Awards. Saldanha Bay beat all other municipal entries in this...
The Netherlands said on Monday it was monitoring fuel trading more closely after discovering inadequate reporting of toxicity levels in fuel mixed and stored in European Union ports and bound for West Africa. The Human Environment and Transport...
The Buffalo City Municipality recently unveiled its R54 million new fleet. The fleet, which includes 20 new compactor trucks, eight tipper trucks, water tankers, and three TLB’s, has been hailed as a welcomed upgrade to the municipality’s ailing...
The Knysna Municipality is working on a Stormwater Management Policy aimed at reducing erosion and pollution, as well as looking at how groundwater can be recharged. Levael Davis, Mayoral Committee Member for Technical Services, says the new policy...
Power utility Eskom has warned the public against infrastructure and electricity theft noting says illegal connections are the leading cause of power outages. In a statement released on Monday Tebogo Rakau, Divisional Executive for Security said...
Despite being labelled as “difficult to recycle plastic”, polystyrene recycling figures have continued to grow over the past eight years. Last year alone, more than 5 000 tons of polystyrene were diverted from landfill and recycled into other...
The City of Johannesburg’s mandatory separation at source programme is in full swing leaving many wondering what the programme entails. As of the 1 July 2018, the City implemented the mandatory separation at source of dry recyclables and garden...
In honour of International Plastic Bag Free Day Pick n Pay became the first South African retailer to trial compostable bags as an environmentally friendly alternative to plastic bags. The one-day trial, which took place at its V&A Waterfront,...
The speed and magnitude of Africa’s ongoing urbanization has shed new light on the evolving and multifaceted needs for water treatment and infrastructure.To address the plurality of these needs, Veolia Water Technologies has defined and launched a...
