Cape Town | Infrastructure news - Part 25

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Building a better Cape Town

When Cape Town Municipality was designing its Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system, they needed to create clearly identified dedicated bus lanes in coloured concrete. The challenge was to provide a long-lasting colour able to withstand heavy traffic in...
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Maximising composting capacity

Landfill Consulting has carved a profitable niche for itself in the beneficiation of green waste into compost for the City of Cape Town. James Kamau of Mfangano, dedicated distributors of the Rayco range of products, discusses how just one initial...

Mining and biodiversity guideline launched

The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa,  yesterday 22 May 2013 launched the Mining and Biodiversity Guideline: Mainstreaming Biodiversity into the Mining Sector at the National Botanical Gardens in Kirstenbosch, Cape Town. The...

Cape Town plans to eradicate the bucket system

The City of Cape Town says it is planning to eradicate the bucket system for good. It has started to deliver the first of more than twelve thousand portable flushing toilets to households in informal settlements across the city but social activists...
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Considering home composting

The City of Cape Town has as of the first quarter of this year started rolling out Phase 2 of its home composting research project. “This is in line with ongoing investigations into waste minimisation as part of our commitment to being a caring...