It’s often a challenge for women and mothers to believe in themselves and to strive for a better future following challenging life circumstances. Sanki Nkosi did not let her conditions get in the way of her ambition, and her tenacity is what led...
South African businesses that do not switch to the new hazardous chemical warning symbols may lose international trade opportunities due to noncompliance with global packaging regulations. The Responsible Packaging Management Association of South...
South African mobile equipment supplier AfrEquip is introducing something new to the local market: a fast, simple and effective way for organisations to green their operations and save. Driven by requirements and local mandates such as green waste...
A new type of wood pelleting machine has been developed by German plant making company Amandus Kahl to handle greater capacities and produce a more efficient product. Three years ago, a large US-based wood pelleting firm had Amandus Kahl present...
In South Africa, it is estimated that we have millions of waste tyres lying in dumps and stockpiles, or scattered across the country in residential, industrial and rural areas. Almost 10 million waste tyres are added to this number every year....
Frances Ringwood chats to Andrew Fleming, a senior researcher for the Cape Town Central City Improvement District (CCID) to find out what Cape Town is doing in its aims to achieve ‘zero waste to landfill’. Comparing one South Africa city’s waste...
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...
The Lydenburg Magistrates Court has ordered Samancor Chrome Limited to pay R200 000 for contravening the Environment Conservation Act. The Department of Environmental Affairs said the conviction followed a plea agreement entered by the State and...
For the first time the Recycling and Economic initiative of South Africa (REDISA) is using balers to meets its mandate of clearing tyre waste through the development of a new tyre recycling industry. In line with providing technologically advanced...
