Infrastructure News Round-Up | 13 August 2021
Infrastructure News Round-Up brings you all the latest news making headlines in infrastructure, water and sanitation, and waste management, in just 90...
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Joburg-based digital recycling platform wins big at global competition
Joburg-based digital recycling platform Kudoti was announced as one of five winners of Nestlé’s 2021 Creating Shared Value (CSV) Prize, for innovative recycling impact through technology. Winning a cash prize of $40 000 (about R568 000). In a...
Closing the loop with bottle-to-bottle recycling
Mpact Polymers is a R350-million state-of-the-art bottle-to-bottle recycling facility. A first of its kind in Africa, the plant is out to prove that plastic bottles are not trash. Infrastructure News visited the plant for an inside look at the...
PPC market outlook
The South African construction industry has faced tough economic times. PPC Key Accounts Manager Rajesh Harripersadh speaks to Infrastructure News’s Alastair Currie about PPC’s engagement and partnership with industry and industry...
Possible closure of Durban landfill
An official decision compelling waste management company EnviroServ to cease all operations at its Shongweni Landfill in Durban was handed down by Durban High Court judge Gregory Kruger last week. Kruger granted an interim order which now prevents...
Cape Town’s Visserhoek landfill extends lifespan
Six years ago, the Visserhoek landfill site in Cape Town was granted authorisation to extend its lifespan to provide an extra six to nine years of landfill capacity. This extension was granted provided the City of Cape Town develop a master plan...
SA attempts to cut coal costs with new R50.3bn gas-to-power port
Gas-to-power energy is a globally proven energy generating technology that presents new and exciting opportunities for South Africa, according to Sabine Dall’Omo, Siemans CEO. Dall’Omo added that the localisation of in the gas sector will...
Food waste from Paris Climate Summit turned into power
At the recent U.N. climate change conference in Paris 40,000 people were fed daily creating more than a tonne of food waste – but that waste wasn’t wasted. At a plant about 30 kilometers south of the French capital, those plate scraps were...
Buffalo City urges residents to stockpile water
The Buffalo City Metro Municipality has urged residents to stockpile water as they face water restrictions which will last from Christmas till Valentine’s Day. The municipality released a statement last Wednesday explaining that residents should...
