The City of Cape Town has committed R1.2 million to procuring additional air quality monitoring equipment in the current financial year. This planned expenditure comes on the back of nearly R1.5 million spent in the last financial year to advance...
Air pollution from coal-fired power stations kills more than 2 200 South Africans every year and costs the country more than R30 billion annually, through hospital admissions and lost working days. These are some of the shocking findings to emerge...
Air pollution in Africa has led to the premature deaths of 712,000 people every year. This amounts to more deaths than those who die as a result of unsafe water, malnutrition and unsafe sanitation. These facts were recently presented by the World...
Rehabilitation of the Roundhill landfill site in the small East London town of Berlin will bring much-needed relief to Buffalo City Metro, residents of Berlin and surrounding areas. Major upgrades to rehabilitate the site were almost complete as of...
Outdoor air pollution has grown 8% globally in the past five years, with billions of people around the world now exposed to dangerous air, according to new data from more than 3,000 cities compiled by the World Health Organisation. Director Maira...
On November 17 this year, South Africa’s Minister of the Department of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, addressed international officials at the 2nd INTERPOL-UNEP Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Conference in Singapore. “I address this...
Waste gasification and renewable energy company Sierra Energy has been granted the award of a Small Business Innovation Research grant from the United States’ Department of Defence’s Defense Logistics Agency. Fuel from waste The transportation...
When landfills burn, toxic smoke is given off which can negatively affect the health of all those living down wind. Fires can be caused by a variety of catalysts, including arson, hot ash deposits, and lightening. That covers fires that occur on...
Air quality is an important factor in the fight against climate change. The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM), as the industrial hub of Gauteng has prioritized the improvement of its air quality. This is vitally important due to its high...
