“This past year has undoubtedly been a tough year for the polyolefin recycling industry in South Africa and around the world. Whilst lower virgin resin prices had an impact in South Africa, they were fortunately offset by the weakening Rand,” said...
The quantity surveyor has a major part to play in the pursuit of sustainable, energy efficient construction, says Larry Feinberg, executive director of the Association of South African Quantity Surveyors. Feinberg says with the increasing pressure...
With the gap between supply and demand for water expected to reach 17% by 2030, many South Africans will be required to radically change their attitudes to the way in which this precious commodity is being used and conserved, especially in the...
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille has denied that the City of Cape Town is not spending enough on sanitation after she was served with a petition ahead of her 2016/17 budget speech last week. Approximately 100 members of the Social Justice...
The Wildlands Green Filter Plant is the result of collaborative efforts to address the serious pollution problems of the Plankenbrug River in Stellenbosch. The Plankenbrug River receives greywater, polluted stormwater and effluent overflow from...
Many mines continue grapple with the complexities of implementing and renewing their water use licences (WULs). Global consulting engineers and scientists SRK Consulting have prepared a manageable system to simplify this process – complete with a...
A global Grant Thornton Public Sector survey found that innovative, transformative practices in government public financial management are being sustained, but that improvements are still needed. According to the data, the real problems lie in the...
“To change the way society handles waste, we have to effectively change the mindset of an entire generation,” says Gaopaleloe Mothoagae, sustainable development manager at ABI. A force for change at over 400 South African schools, Mothoagae is...
It’s a fact: for every tonne of waste processed by a waste-to-energy plant in place of a landfill, approximately one tonne of carbon dioxide emissions is avoided. Through the launch of South Africa’s very first refuse-derived fuel plant, Interwaste...
