Southern Africa’s premier waste management conference, WasteCon, is around the corner and attendees can look forward to thought-provoking topics and stimulating speakers. The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA’s) biennial...
In an effort to combat the pollution of rivers, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has set aside more than R300 million to upgrade 26 dysfunctional wastewater treatment works in parts of Gauteng and the Free State. This follows fears of...
By Hermann Erdmann According to the draft Waste Tyre Regulations published on 12 August this year, funding of the country’s waste tyre stream management plan will go into the fiscus as of 1 October. This means that the fledgling waste industry...
Rapidly escalating waste volumes will create serious consequences for an already intractable problem for towns and cities worldwide, both physically and fiscally. Getting the right industrial waste bin to manage, transport and recycle waste is...
Ryan Fogelman, Fire Rover Managing Principal, recounts his struggle to find credible data on waste and recycling centre fires in the United States and Canada for the last year. Does anyone know how many fires have occurred at waste and recycling...
An anaerobic digestion pilot plant at eThekwini Water & Sanitation’s Southern Wastewater Treatment Plant in Merebank, Durban, designed to accommodate both domestic and industrial waste streams, was completed this year. The high percentage of...
This waste and recycling drop-off video introduces the viewer to the many Cape Town drop-off facilities across the City. The materials dropped off here will be recycled, re-used, chipped for composting or sent to landfill. The viewer will discover...
The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa has launched the R30 million Gauteng Youth Jobs in Waste Programme in Mohlakeng, Randfontein. The launch followed the Minister’s commitment in May last year during a clean-up campaign, where she...
Interested in using treated wastewater for non-potable purposes? Johannesburg Water is investigating water re-use options by inviting its bulk water customers who might be interested in using treated wastewater (effluent) for non-drinking purposes...
