An inter-provincial workshop on industrial environmental waste management is taking place next month to empower entrepreneurs and small businesses. The workshop, which is presented by CASI Training and Conferencing Solutions, will start in...
Concerns are growing about huge amounts of rubbish and waste washing up on beaches along the Port Elizabeth coastline. The Chokka Fishing Industry is being fingered as the culprit. Much of the waste is in line with supplies taken on by these boats...
The Waterval Waste Disposal Facility, located in Rustenburg, is a large general waste facility for which construction began in January 2013. The facility will initially consist of two general waste cells, a rubble disposal cell, a leachate pond, a...
Solid waste management has to do with handling of solid refuse from their sources of generation and also one of the sources and causes of environmental pollution through storage, collection, transportation, recovery and treatment processes to...
While South Africa grapples with electricity challenges, the City of Johannesburg believes it has a solution that can help to keep the lights on. Pikitup, the City’s waste management company, says the five landfills it manages will by 2016 generate...
End-of-life tyres are increasingly presenting waste management challenges owing to the large volumes disposed of annually. These waste tyres possess unique properties that can once again reused in a sustainable materials stream to supplement the...
The e-waste market is a vast and growing one, estimated at about 50 million tonnes a year, according to a UNEP report. Fueled by the world’s insatiable desire for all electronic devices, the huge global growth in such products has led to the...
Waste tyres are most hazardous when they are burnt in uncontrolled environments. This is according to the National Policy on High Temperature Thermal Waste Treatment and Cement Kiln for Alternative Fuel Use. Waste tyres are typically burnt in South...
The Polokwane Municipality says it will tighten controls and punish any water wastage as supply remains under strain. The Council has further resolved that there will be no watering of gardens and washing of vehicles or paving allowed and a fine of...
