It may look like any other mobile phone-charging station, but this locker-like system at the corner of the National University of Singapore’s Raffles Hall is actually powered by food waste. Source: The Straits Times Singapore (Samantha Boh,...
The Department of Environmental Affairs is calling on the public to submit their written inputs or comment on the four Industry Waste Tyre Management Plans recently submitted to government for consideration. Minister of Environmental Affairs, Dr...
Pikitup has started to clean up areas in Johannesburg that have been heavily affected by a recent waste collection backlog. Muzi Mkhwanazi, spokesperson for Pikitup says there were unacceptable levels of waste in parts of Alexandra, Hillbrow,...
An Australian based company is experimenting with the idea of using insects like maggots to take waste from supermarkets or farms and turn it into something that livestock could eat. Olympia Yarger, Chief Executive at GoTerra told ABC News...
Traffic was brought to a standstill in Pretoria central on Monday, when a crowd of South African Municipal Workers (SAMWU) responsible for waste removal and collection marched across the capital city, accusing the City of Tshwane of exposing them...
Municipal waste management workers are concerned about their jobs and are calling on the City of Tshwane to cut ties with outsourced service providers. The South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) led hundreds of waste workers to Tshwane House...
Members of the South African Municipal Workers Union brought the City of Tshwane to a standstill on Monday as they marched across the capital demanding that the municipality address the unsafe working conditions. The workers, who are responsible...
PET plastic recycling, PETCO, and the African Marine Waste Network are working to highlight the importance of solutions to issues of marine and land-based pollution in South Africa. One example of an initiative working to reduce pollution took...
In honour of World Wetlands Month the City of Tshwane recently hosted an event aimed at raising public awareness about the importance of wetlands. Mike Mkhari, MMC for Environment and Agriculture, attended the event encouraged attendees to take...
