The refuse removal workers in Germiston resumed work on Monday, 15 April, after the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality on Friday, 12 April rolled out its contingency plan to clear the refuse removal backlog in the Germiston area created by the...
Membrane bioreactors (MBR) represent an existing alternative to conventional wastewater treatment process. However, problems related to operation high costs, mainly due to membrane fouling, still needs to be addressed. The deposition of biomass and...
A $4.3 million grant to improve access to high quality and financially sustainable solid waste management (SWM) services for municipalities in Nepal has been approved by the World Bank acting as administrator for the Global Partnership on...
Cleaning up the nearly 20 000kg of waste from the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town last weekend was no sweat for Nampak Liquid and Plastics SA. Together, they supported the extensive cleanup operations that form part of the event’s...
Research published in Scientific Reports on Friday, 22 March, showing technology that will make it easier to filter pure water from waste produced during mining, oil and gas exploration coincided with World Water Day. The technologywas developed by...
Technology producing a win-win situation for both the industry and environment has been announced, coinciding with South Africa’s national water week. Research published in Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) shows a newly developed...
A company has been lauded for promoting e-waste recycling awareness and developing best practice recycling technologies. Based on its recent analysis of the electronic waste management market, Frost & Sullivan has awarded Desco Electronic...
Novel approach to carcass disposal Dr Melanie Jones, a veterinarian based in Cape Town and founder of Zero to Landfill Organics, is running a trial on the composting of companion animal carcasses that are currently being taken to landfill. These...
Just over one kilogram of health care waste is generated per person in hospitals daily; how is the country managing to cope with this? This is just one of the many challenges that the health care industry is being faced with. Yesterday – 6 March...
