The engineering principles for creating ‘green’ buildings are both well understood and have been widely applied. Nicholas McDiarmid, asks: where to from here? “We have earned our Stars in the art of green design, literally, and while innovation...
Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane and Deputy Minister Pamela Tshwete presented the 2014 Women in Water Awards in Rustenburg last Friday. The awards serve as a vehicle for the department to recognise the work done by women and the...
Tetra Pak, the food processing and packaging solutions business, has made strong progress in 2013 towards its 2020 environmental targets, focusing on developing sustainable products, reducing environmental footprint across the value chain and...
A paper and plastic packaging manufacturer plans to divert 29 000 tonnes of plastic bottles a year from landfill by building a R350 million state-of-the-art polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling plant. The new plant will process approximately...
The successful and efficient treatment of municipal wastewater to ensure continuous compliance with legislative requirements at the lowest possible life cycle cost depends both on the suitability and durability of capital infrastructure for the...
The 2014 World Water Week, organised by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), is taking place in Stockholm from 31 August to 5 September. The World Water Week in Stockholm involves more than 200 organisations collaborating on over 100...
The ministers of Water & Sanitation, Health, and Cooperative Governance & Traditional Affairs has been issued joint letters by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), asking them to intervene urgently to ensure the provision of clean...
Amid reports that airlines are suspending flights over the Ebola outbreak the United Nations World Health Organisation (WHO) has allayed fears by sending out social media messages. These have assurances that “unlike infections like influenza and...
South Africa has received a lot of bad press surrounding water-related issues this year. However, South Africa is on track to reaching its Millennium Development Goal for water. 89.9% of South African households reported having access to piped...
