Consulting engineering firm GIBB has expanded its environmental offerings with the introduction of two new service lines:Waste Engineering and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). This follows extensive research into emerging environmental...
The Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Rejoice Mabudafhasi has launched the War on Waste project in Butterworth, in the Mnquma Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape. The War on Waste project was launched to showcase the work of the...
The Minister of Energy Dikobe Ben Martins has officially launched the National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute (NRWDI). The institute is charged with the responsibility of managing radioactive waste disposal on a national basis. It will be...
A team of chemists has found that the element californium could change how the world stores radioactive waste and recycles fuel. Using carefully choreographed experiments, the researchers found that californium had the ability to bond and separate...
Tanzanian scientists are busy exploring an affordable and innovative technology for treating and reusing wastewater for agriculture. Scientists are exploring constructed wetlands as a way to treat wastewater. The constructed wetland is a 0.6 m deep...
A long-term increase in the demand for water and wastewater treatment chemicals is expected over the next 10-15 years. This is largely owing to new regulations for maximum limits of pollutants which are being passed being passed globally. Between...
The City of Cape Town has managed to divert 10 million cubic meters of garden refuse from going to landfill. The City recently celebrated the major milestone in the war against waste, which it achieved in partnership with Reliance, the leading...
The global electronic recycling market is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 23.06% from 2013 to 2019. The global electronic recycling market was valued at $9.84 billion (R107 billion) in 2012. Despite the clear benefits of...
Did you know careless disposal of non-functional mobile phones and other electronics could pose serious health risks? A study shows that how you dispose of your spoilt electronic gadgets could determine the health of millions of people. This as an...
