The Simmer and Jack landfill site in Germiston may be an answer to the current electricity shortage in the country, according to the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM). The site possesses a commissioned biomass power plant used by the...
An innovative evaporation system that incorporates proprietary water purification systems and misting canon technology may be the future of wastewater treatment. This is according to I-CAT technical manager Morné van Wyk who indicates that the...
Statistics indicate that there is an increase in electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) in South Africa each and every year. E-waste recycling, which helps to minimise this e-waste problem is taking place in South Africa but it is mainly...
Government is hard at work to develop solutions that enable effective, appropriate and environmentally sustainable removal of human waste, says Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa. Addressing the National Sanitation Indaba which last week, the Deputy...
The IWMSA’s WMRIG ‘Waste = Resource Tour’ enlightened attendees on how waste is being managed in the Western Cape. The first stop was the Cape Town Market, one of the oldest and largest fresh produce markets in South Africa that services 50% of the...
A recent study which examines methods for recovering phosphorus from wastewater using mathematical modelling may be the next big thing in efforts to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Phosphorus is an essential element for human nutrition and development....
The head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today stressed the need to limit the use of dangerous chemicals and to find a solution to the masses of electronic waste building up around the world. Speaking at a Conference of Parties...
The systematic introduction of pure oxygen at critical points along the wastewater process chain can help solve the issue of inadequate purification and rancid odours caused by anaerobic decomposition more effectively than industry-standard...
Inadequate waste disposal and recycling infrastructure is becoming a major concern for governments in Africa as the continent’s urban middle class population expands and more rural people migrate to the cities. New infrastructure projects are...
