Unilever South Africa and the African Reclaimer Organisation are partnering with Wits University to help uplift waste pickers. The Johannesburg-based project will focus on educating and encouraging communities to play their part in sustainability...
The department of environmental affairs says says Thor Chemicals has agreed in principle to pay more than R300m required to export the waste to Switzerland, where it will be disposed of. The department says it wants more than 3,000 tons of mercury...
WRITTEN BY Interwaste There is a movement towards reducing the effects of climate change as so echoed in young Greta Thunberg’s recent UN speech, underpinned by the sentiment – Right Here. Right Now. And as she tackles issues of magnitude in...
Unilever South Africa and the African Reclaimer Organisation are partnering with Wits University to help uplift waste pickers. The Johannesburg-based pilot project will focus on educating and encouraging communities to play their part in...
Waste pickers contribute to local economies and to environmental sustainability. While recognition for their contributions is growing, waste-pickers are still looked down upon. In SA they collect as much as 80% of post-consumer packaging and paper...
Growing populations and rapid urbanisation are increasingly adding pressure to the country’s already constrained wastewater treatment works. With residential developments encroaching ever closer on wastewater treatment works and water demand...
More than 300 people will be permanently employed by the eThekwini Municipality to collect waste in the uMlazi area. This is according to the newly appointed chairperson of Human Settlements in the municipality, Thanduxolo Sabela, who said that the...
September marks Heritage month and as we celebrate culture, diversity and traditions, it’s critical not to forget mother earth. Interwaste has committed to commemorating environmental Zero Emissions (ZeDay) as well as National Clean-up and...
South Africa’s waste management approach faces numerous challenges, particularly as environmentalists call for traditional waste processing measures to be done away with. Limited resources, population growth and poor infrastructure are increasingly...
