Once viewed as just the ‘blue pallet company,’ CHEP South Africa has grown into a supply chain solutions firm over the last 10 years. As Matthew Quinn, new business development director for CHEP sub-Saharan-Africa, puts it, “Yesterday, building a...
“We are no longer throwing money at problems and are more focused on bringing on board our full capacity and support, using our water entities and boards, to intervene and to support municipalities. In turn, they must invest on building the...
The Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (REDISA) has reported several big milestones over the past three years. Here are REDISA’s key achievements from 2013 to the end of April 2016: The recycling company has collected 209...
Items that would generally be disposed of as waste can be reused multiple times by incorporating circular economy principles A circular economy is a restorative system that extracts the maximum value out of a resource. Reusability and longevity of...
A new recycled PET plant by Mpact is bringing South Africa a step closer to closing the loop in bottle-grade recycling. Mpact Polymers was officially unveiled in Wadeville, Germiston this week. The new bottle-to-bottle facility will produce...
The organic clean-up of the largest freshwater lake in the Nelson Mandela Bay region is yielding positive results, with the water body set to be “swimmer-ready” during the course of this year. In the past pollution levels North End Lake have made...
A crucial refurbishment is being conducted on the Amersfort Waste Water Treatment Works to prevent sewer spillages. Over the next six months Amersfort Waste Water Treatment Works is being refurbished to increase the current capacity and improve the...
The 2016/2017 financial year will see implementation of the second phase of the back-to-basics programme, focusing on building effective systems and resilient institutions of local government. The first phase of the Back-to-Basics (B2B) strategy...
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) plans to approve and begin the implementation of the three prioritised Industry Waste Management Plans (IWMPs) this year. While tabling the department’s 2016/2017 Budget Vote Policy Statement in...
