The launch of the Ekurhuleni Clean City campaign saw the Ekurhuleni Executive Mayor Mondli Gungubele, together with the Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa, roll up their sleeves to clean up illegal dumping sites around Tsakane on...
South Africa will soon have a Paper and Packaging Industry Plan, which will bring a significant change in the current waste management regime. “Through this plan we hope that we can commence with separation at source from household levels,”...
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) is hosting a three-day Hazardous Waste Management Training programme from 10 – 12 November 2015 at Plastics|SA in Midrand. The training programme has been updated to include the new...
The Riverhorse Valley Scania dealership in Durban has invested in a Pandae GreenSolution to manage its waste streams. Dealer manager Gerrie Matthee admits that effective waste control prior to installation was a major challenge. “Our outsourced...
A USD2.3 million European Union (EU) LIFE (financial instrument for the environment) funded project – the Critical Raw Material Closed Loop Recovery – will explore opportunities for obtaining critical raw materials (CRMs) and precious metals from...
Energy is currently the second biggest cost factor in the recycled paper production with the highest lever for cost improvement. Energy generation from sorting and process rejects, provides a considerable substitution and saving of fossil fuel as...
Department of Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa led a national consultative conference on e-Waste management, on Gauteng, 4 September 2015. E-waste is an increasing problem, clogging landfills with harmful substances, especially chemicals,...
Representatives from the world of business, politics, science and society congregated in the German city of Kiel on 12 October to attend the annual Global Economic Symposium (GES). The overarching theme for this year’s Symposium was “Values to...
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has confirmed that the Green Scorpions executed a search warrant at the Solid Waste Technologies’ City Deep, Johannesburg, processing facility last month. The company has been prosecuted in the past for...
