waste | Infrastructure news - Part 73

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Ship waste management improved

African Circle Pollution Management (ACPM) has been commended for its handling of ships’ waste. Kingsley Ajah, a maritime environmental pollution expert, said that a review of sources of marine pollution showed that ACPM had worked very well to...
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E-waste a growing problem

Electronic waste is becoming an increasing problem worldwide and Africa has become the dumping ground. The Solving the E-Waste Problem (StEP) Initiative has predicted that e-waste will grow by a third between 2012 and 2017. Seven kilograms of...

HP & Kenya’s E-Waste Recycling Program

HP’s collaboration to develop the East African Computer Recycling Center will create hundreds of green jobs and protect health and the environment. Source: HPSource URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFRduGczA_U

Wastewater pollutes sea off China’s coast

A large area of contaminated water has been found off the coast of Eastern Shishi City, China. The plume of black water which is estimated to be the size of 50 Olympic swimming pools was discovered by Greenpeace and has been found to contain toxic...
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Building wealth with waste

The World Bank’s Biomass Energy Initiative for Africa (BEIA) has funded projects with the ARTI to build the charcoal briquettes value chain in Tanzania. The goal: transforming the existing industry into a rewarding, sustainable development...
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Waste management licensing in Gauteng

Companies operating within the waste industry without a license can face penalties of up to R10 million or a maximum stay in prison of ten years. These and other pressing issues around licensing and legalities of operating in this space was...

Kenyan women transform waste material into good money

A group of Kenyan women are taking advantage of cheaper fuel alternatives to support their families.  They live in one of the country’s poorest neighbourhoods.  Their fuel alternative could save hundreds of trees in Nairobi’s Kibera...