On Wednesday, 1 November 2017, more than 500 waste pickers from Pretoria took to the streets marching against the City of Tshwane council for failing to deliver jobs that were promised to them in 2011 at a meeting that was held in August 2011....
Each piece of waste has the potential to pollute the environment in a different way which is why there is no single suitable waste management approach to address all types of waste. The waste management hierarchy ranks waste management options in...
In 1812, the Brothers Grimm published “Children’s and Household Tales”, containing many of the well-known and famous fairy tales, such as Hansel and Gretel, The Frog Prince, and the fabled one of the long-haired Rapunzel. One of those stories...
Property investment giant, Growthpoint, recently launched an innovative pilot project that turns the large volumes of food waste generated by client businesses at its properties into compost. The project, named G-Eco, short for Growthpoint Eco, is...
Informal waste pickers in Gauteng will receive training through Gauteng’s new Waste Recycler’s Project, to incorporate them into the professional waste industry. They will also receive motorized three-wheeler vehicles worth one-hundred...
The Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, together with the Ekurhuleni Metro, have donated 50 waste-collecting scooters to waste pickers in Tembisa. The initiative, which is in line with the Gauteng Transformation Modernisation...
Organic waste could be the answer to tackling the global problem of rising levels of waste and depleted resources, according to multinational professional services firm Arup. Globally the construction industry is one of the largest users of raw...
The Democratic Alliance (DA) recently passed a motion to reduce plastic shopping bag waste in the Western Cape. The motion was passed at the Western Cape DA’s Provincial Congress recently announced to the public via a statement by James Vos,...
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality recently launched the second phase of its war on waste campaign in the hopes of stamping out illegal dumping. While the first phase of the campaign was riddled with challenges, the second phase is expected to be...
