By Danielle Petterson The R305 million Wellington Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) upgrade is a priority project under Drakenstein Municipality’s Integrated Development Plan. With an existing design capacity of 6 Mℓ/d, the Wellington WWTW has...
The issue of marine litter is not receiving enough attention in Africa, Juliette Biao, director of the United Nations Environmental Programme (Unep), told delegates at the World Economic Forum which was recently held in Durban. Annually, eight...
Priscilla Urquhart, public affairs and communications manager at Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages, talks to ReSource about how the company champions sustainability at its facilities and among the community. Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages recently held...
A company called Wecyclers in Lagos, Nigeria collects recyclable domestic waste using low-cost cargo bikes and awards contributing recyclers with redeemable points via their cell phones. Now, the company is looking at expanding. Source: DW...
By Frances Ringwood “We start work at 4 o’clock in the morning. We have to get up that early because if we’re late, the rubbish trucks will beat us to the bins. Our name for ourselves is the ‘Abagerezi’. Abagerezi do not have supervisors because...
Whether acidic, hard or containing high levels of suspended solids, there is a filtration solution out there for different types of mine water. Henk Smit, managing director of Vovani Water Products, discusses a few of popular options. What are some...
Level 4 water restrictions are being strongly considered as the City of Cape Town has less than 88 days of water remaining. The city’s average dam levels dropped to 22.8%, however with the last 10% of the water unusable, the city essentially has...
An official decision compelling waste management company EnviroServ to cease all operations at its Shongweni Landfill in Durban was handed down by Durban High Court judge Gregory Kruger last week. Kruger granted an interim order which now prevents...
Big things are expected in the fleet sector in 2017 according to fleet management company Telogis. These are their picks for the top five trends that you’ll be hearing a lot more about this year: Predictive maintenance Instead of just waiting for...
