President of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA), Jan Palm is a Civil Engineer by training, but while most civil engineers design infrastructure for mankind to live better, those operating in the waste management sector...
Agbogbloshie, once an idyllic landscape of wetlands and small farms, is now a toxic place. Burning of the E-waste are harming poor people’s health and devastating the environment. Source: YouTube Web Source:...
By Frances Ringwood “We start work at 4 o’clock in the morning. We have to get up that early because if we’re late, the rubbish trucks will beat us to the bins. Our name for ourselves is the ‘Abagerezi’. Abagerezi do not have supervisors because...
Waste disposal norms and standards have been implemented at South Africa’s 876 in order to minimise pollution and protect the health and safety of residents by correctly containing the waste. Jan Palm, President of the Institute of Waste Management...
EnviroServ could have its Shongweni Landfill waste management license revoked by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA). The department recently released a notice of intention to suspend or revoke the waste management company’s license...
The western African country of Benin plans to embark on a new waste to wealth initiative in 2017. The country which has a population size of almost 11 million people is highly dependent on agriculture. While most of the country’s employment comes...
South Africa’s first independent landfill gas-to-power project has begun generation in Johannesburg, providing 3megawatts (MW) of renewable electricity, enough to supply more than 5 500 homes. Project developer ENERGY Systems has started...
As South Africa’s population continues to grow, landfills need to become more efficient to manage the order of magnitude increase of waste. Meeting this demand is no easy feat for those wanting to build and operate landfills. Averda South Africa’s...
Easy access to food is luring white storks in Portugal away from their established migration patterns. A journal article in Movement Ecology reveals they’re choosing to feast on landfill garbage instead. In 1822, a well-placed arrow solved the...