African Utility Week will have a strong focus on water again this year from 15-17 May in Cape Town when the conference will showcase how partnerships, financial models and latest technological advances can make the greatest impact in meeting...
The eThekwini Municipality’s kerbside recycling programme is back on track with services resuming in the city this week. The municipality was forced to suspend its domestic recycling programme earlier this year after MPact, the City’s recycling...
With the recent liquidation of Recycling and Economic Development in South Africa (REDISA), tyre recycling has become one of the hottest topics at both a local and international level, according to tyre industry veteran John Stone. Stone says this...
By Patrick Dowling, WESSA: Western Cape Regional Membership Beyond the clamour around who’s to blame, conflicting scenario descriptions of day zero and its predicted date, individual and community responses and helpful tips, the drought, now...
Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs Barbara Thompson is calling on South Africans to get involved in the protection and conservation of wetlands in the country. Speaking ahead of the annual World Wetland day celebrations Thompson said wetlands...
Thirty-two percent of plastic packaging produced annually worldwide is left to flow into the world’s oceans, according to the World Economic Forum. Mandy Naudé, CEO of Polyco, believes the solution to this problem starts with recycling. “Taking...
A new global circularity metric has revealed that over 90% of the raw materials used globally are not cycled back into the economy, putting a massive strain on the planet’s natural resources. This alarming statistic was the focal point of the first...
Eskom has wasted no time in displaying its high hopes for its new board by announcing plans to ask banks to reopen lending facilities which were suspended last year. The move according to Eskom spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe is part of the utility’s...
Members of the public have until February to submit their nominations for the 2018 PETCO Awards. The awards, which all those looking to celebrate recycling and waste management excellence in the South African PET industry are called to submit their...
