More water restrictions are on the cards for KwaZulu-Natal, after the uMgungundlovu District Municipality said there was a “compelling need” to have them in place. A committee to evaluate water restrictions has been set up. The...
What happens after you flush the toilet is becoming a big deal. In a new article, published in the science journal Nature, researchers propose a paradigm-shifting change in the treatment of wastewater, a shift they say could have a dramatic global...
What happens after you flush the toilet is becoming a big deal. In a new article, published in the science journal Nature, researchers propose a paradigm-shifting change in the treatment of wastewater, a shift they say could have a dramatic global...
Industrial symbiosis is a resource efficiency approach where unused or residual resources (materials, assets, logistics and expertise) of one company are used by another in a manner that is beneficial to both parties involved. Industrial symbiosis...
The North-South transport corridor from Durban to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania is arguably Africa’s most important trade route of all writes Tristan Wiggill. But, while the above statement may hold true, for South African companies, the North-South...
One year into its contract with the government of Gabon, International environmental services recycling firm, averda, has collected more than 208 000 tonnes of waste from the Central African country’s capital city, Liberville. averda explained that...
By Frances Ringwood As the world mourned iconic glam rocker David Bowie’s passing this week, numerous references were made on social media, at the singer’s Brixton birthplace and outside the gates of his New York home to his other worldly fashion...
A new waterless toilet soon to be trialled in Africa may not start a feminist revolution, but it will go a long way to addressing some urgent and practical needs of women and girls – and for all the international conferences and commitments...
Cheap, waterless toilet that turns waste into clean water and power to be piloted in Africa How it works The toilet’s magic happens when you close the lid. The bottom of the bowl uses a rotation mechanism to sweep the waste into a...
