A dynamic new partnership between Boitumelong Holdings and Ros Roca Group, a leading manufacturer of waste equipment in Europe, is poised to transform local waste management practices by ensuring the wellbeing of industry workers. The partnership,...
A lot has been said over the years regarding the health and hygiene in hospitals, but one thing that is over looked time and again is hospital-acquired infections. As such, one of the most important tools in hospital hygiene is hospital bins....
Reaching its 20-year milestone, Desco Electronic Recyclers has made strides in the e-waste industry, setting benchmark standards in the education and recycling of electronic waste products in South Africa. Processing 5 500 t of e-waste in 2011 – an...
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) is delighted to announce the appointment of two women into the key roles of president and vice-president of the organisation following the recent elections of new council and committee...
South Africa’s dwindling supplies of clean water are steadily going down the drain because of poor policing, theft, pollution, neglect and wasteful use. Government statistics released by Water Affairs Minister Edna Molewa show that more than 50...
According to a recent report by charities, Gaza’s only source of fresh water is contaminated with fertiliser and human waste. The water and waste infrastructure in Gaza has been slowly deteriorating for years now. War damage, political conflict and...
The possible impact of the current definition of waste in the Waste Act on job creation, the national climate change response strategy, innovation and international trade barriers was the topic of a briefing of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee...
A scientist has found a way to reduce packaging waste that creates millions of tonnes of landfill every year: eat the packaging. David Edwards, whose work encompasses the arts and science and is at the core of a network of art and science labs in...
Two Kansas landfills near a fracking site have declined to take in the drilling fluid waste, citing a blanket ban on liquids that cannot be contained. Gale Rose from The Pratt Tribune in Pratt, KS writes the Pratt County landfill rejected an...
