By 2050, oceans could contain more plastic than fish. This startling fact was revealed in the report, The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the Future of Plastic. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation released the report last year in Davos. Some of the...
Landfills will be a little lighter in the Cape with a new biogas plant set to open on Wednesday in Athlone. The new waste-to-energy plant will focus on converting organic waste into useable bio-methane which will be used to create products such as...
The size of the global water and wastewater treatment equipment market is expected to reach approximately US$ 103,41 billion by 2025. This is according to a new report conducted by Grand View Research. South African municipalities, like many others...
The Department of Water and Sanitation responded to the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), which recently called for transparency from the department. OUTA last week requested, through a Promotion to Access of Information Application –...
David Steiner, CEO of Waste Management in the United States discusses the company’s recent successes. He said that when it comes to waste management, the price, volume and recycling business are the three key areas to look at. He also...
The plastics industry has always faced challenges regarding the re-use and recycling of plastic products. Debates are ongoing about how to reduce the use of plastics, however experts in the industry feel that more of an emphasis should be placed on...
By Frances Ringwood Landfill waste streams do not look the same today as they did 20 or even 10 years ago. These changes have been particularly pronounced in European countries where the drive towards ‘zero waste to landfill’ have infiltrated...
A R74-million desalination plant was commissioned by South32 in September 2016 at their Hillside Aluminium smelter in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal. The plant will remove minerals from seawater abstracted from the Richards Bay harbour, enabling the...
On 6 December 2016, Ekurhuleni’s new mayor, Mzwandile Masina, along with dignitaries from the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and other stakeholders, celebrated ERWAT’s extension of the Welgedacht wastewater treatment works (WWTW),...
