The City of Cape Town’s mayoral committee is set to embark on a multi-year project to more than double the current capacity of the Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Plant. The project, which will take place over the next six years, will improve the...
Averda South Africa has come out tops in a national survey on waste management companies in the country. The waste management giant scooped four category wins at the 2018 PMR.Africa Awards. Averda walked away with the diamond arrow awards in the...
The first commercial flight fuelled from recycled industrial waste has successfully touched down at London’s Gatwick Airport. The Virgin Atlantic 747’s flight was the first to use a new blend of normal jet fuel and ethanol produced from waste...
Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital, in Krugersdorp West of Johannesburg, recently played host to a health care waste awareness event. The purpose of the event according to Environmental Health Practitioner, Nyeleti Zitha, was to inform all health-care workers...
Approximately 100 volunteers rolled up their sleeves recently to help rid Robben Island of waste in the iconic landmarks largest clean-up to date. As a tourist attraction and World Heritage site Robben Island draws over 300 000 visitors annually....
The North West provincial government is set to launch its first state owned waste buy-back centre in Mahikeng, as part of a waste management plan. Through the buy-back centre waste collectors will be able to sell recyclable waste like paper,...
In an effort to boost the biomass waste sector the Department of Science and Technology has established a biorefinery research consortium (BRC). The consortium is a partnership between the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the...
There is less than a month to go until the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa’s (IWMSA) 24th WasteCon flagship Conference and Exhibition. If you haven’t already registered Infrastructure News has compiled some valuable...
A South African recycling company is building a plant that will convert the country’s coffee waste into biofuels. CEO of Verda Waste, Fischer Khambule, says the company plans to be at the forefront of industrialising the process of converting waste...
