Waste generation and therefore waste management and waste disposal sites is something that is synonymous with all towns in South Africa. A large number of disposal sites in South Africa are operating illegally and without a license. The Department...
Thought-leaders and waste industry experts will convene at the bi-annual Landfill conference themed “Advances in Waste Treatment and Engineered Landfill Environment”. The conference and exhibition, set to take place from 15 to 16 September 2015 at...
Khayelitsha is densely populated and, unfortunately, education around effective waste management remains a challenge for City of Cape Town officials. As there continues to be an abundance of food waste that rats can feed on, rodents simply avoid...
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) has re-developed its IWMSA Recognised Waste Management Training Programme and will be launching the new curriculum in September this year. Professor Suzan Oelofse, president of IWMSA,...
Excavations for a new parkade at the Johannesburg Zoo recently revealed a waste treasure believed to be about 100 years old. Bottles of Bovril, ginger beer, soda water, and strange tonics were among some of the items found and none of them appear...
The City of Johannesburg’s plan to integrate informal waste reclaimers into its recycling programme took a major step forward this week when Pikitup unveiled 20 branded trolleys at its Waterval Depot in Albertville. The trolleys, which have been...
The Department of Environmental Affairs has confirmed that the Green Scorpions executed a search warrant at the Solid Waste Technologies’ City Deep processing facility. The search warrant, which was executed on Monday, followed an inspection...
Africa has the highest rate of urbanisation and economic growth. These trends drive growth in demand for consumer goods, a trend expressing itself by a shift in provisioning from traditional markets to supermarkets. This is emphasized by the fast...
One of the world’s largest modular flooring producers, is now using biogas produced from anaerobic digestion of fish, chocolate and other food waste to drive its main production plant in the Netherlands. The anaerobic digestion which produces...
