The City of Cape Town is in the process of providing the Social Justice Coalition with details of the Mshengu contract to provide and service chemical toilets in informal settlements in the City of Cape Town.This is according to a statement by the...
Barren land, previously unsuitable for building, is being excavated in Cape Town, to help give RDP houses a much-needed facelift. Architects who specialise in stone masonry, are using material sourced from the site to improve a housing project in...
The first-ever summit to focus specifically on the issue of marine debris around the African continent will be taking place during World Environmental Week and World Ocean Day, 6-8 June 2013, in Cape Town, South Africa. Plastics|SA, the umbrella...
Illegal dumping is a dangerous and costly activity that severely affects residents in all parts of the City of Cape Town, according to a recent statement by the Mayoral Committee Member for Utility Services, City of Cape Town, Councillor Ernest...
The IWMSA has recently announced that the Health Care Waste Forum Summit, scheduled to take place from the 15th to 17th May this year in Johannesburg, has been postponed. “After much deliberation, we have decided to postpone our Health Care Waste...
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...
Economics, science, equity and public opinion provide a watertight case for reforming the way our ocean is governed and managed, said the Global Ocean Commission at the conclusion of its inaugural meeting, in Cape Town, South Africa recently....
As South Africa celebrated National Water Week in March 2013, the issue of water losses remained at the top of the agenda, according to the WRC. So much so that a national dialogue was held where the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs,...
Keeping in line with its ongoing investigations into minimising waste in Cape Town, the city’s Utility Services Directorate has started Phase Two of its Home-Composting Research Project. This phase saw 700 home-composting containers being delivered...
