A workshop to help participants better understand the proposed amendments to the National Environment Management Waste Act of 2008 were held on Wednesday. The workshop was facilitated by members of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern...
Two young South African women are making their mark in Africa through recycling and upcycling plastic waste. For business partners, Thato Kgatlhanye and Rea Ngwane, their relationship began as childhood friends. After many years, they...
Residue stockpiles and residue deposits will no longer be regulated under the National Environmental Management, but by the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998 (NEMA). South African law firm Webber Wentzel elaborated on the possible...
Five hundred green desks will be made from recycled waste for needy schools in and around Cape Town. This is due to the recycling culture that is continuing to grow in the Western Cape as event organisers push #GoGreen campaigns. This was seen at...
Concerns have been raised over leaking fuel and waste after a steamer, that has been idle for two years, sank off the Red Sea port of Suakin on Monday. According to journalist Osman Hashem, the steamer Captain Salem sank in the waters of the Red...
Mounting debt owed to municipalities is “becoming a pandemic” that has the department of corporate governance concerned. This was expressed by minister Des van Rooyen last week when he delivered his department’s 2017 budget speech in the National...
As South Africa swiftly moves towards winter, dam levels are raising concerns again. The department of water and sanitation said despite recent good rains in parts of South Africa, the country’s national average storage decreased 0.2% to 72.9% last...
Pravashen Naidoo, 34-year-old CEO and founder of eWaste Africa, started his business with one brilliant idea: keeping the hazardous materials from lightbulbs out of South Africa’s landfills. Five years, three awards and one major expansion later,...
What is sick concrete syndrome? Every engineer’s nightmare! Hyson Cells has been developing new technologies for fast, efficient solutions to concrete problems. CEO Sally Hall discusses how to overcome sick concrete syndrome. Now, a groundbreaking...
