Over 198 wastewater treatment plants in municipalities around the country have improved their waste water management skills by taking up lower risk positions during their assessment through the Green Drop system. The 2014 Green Drop Progress report...
The Department of Water and Sanitation has initiated an independent conditional assessment of some the Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) that discharge their final effluent into the Vaal River. The condition assessment audit was initiated as a...
Feb 5, 2016
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa is hosting their 23rd WasteCon flagship conference and exhibition which will take place from the 17-21 of October 2016 at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. The conference will...
By Frances Ringwood Municipal solid waste has not featured in the forefront of the last two State of the Nation Addresses (SONAs) of 2014 and 2015. This year, off the back of December strike action by municipal rubbish collectors in Johannesburg...
As drought conditions across South Africa further exacerbate concerns about inadequate investment in – compounded by the poor maintenance and operation of existing infrastructure – the growing question is whether this downward trend in service...
Machines for manufacturing high-quality prefabricated concrete products for sewage and wastewater systems are now available from a leading local manufacturer. Pan Mixers South Africa (PMSA) has a well-established affiliation with BFS GmbH which...
The changing landscape in South Africa and the drive towards creating a sustainable environment is progressing but not without its own set of challenges. The Department Environmental Affairs (DEA), National Waste Management Strategy (NWMS) (2011)...
At the recent U.N. climate change conference in Paris 40,000 people were fed daily creating more than a tonne of food waste – but that waste wasn’t wasted. At a plant about 30 kilometers south of the French capital, those plate scraps were...
Using discarded plastic packaging and roofing materials, an internationally famed artist is creating his glorious collages in Johannesburg. The tools of this local artist’s trade are second-hand plastic and a heat gun. Mbongeni Buthelezi...
