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...
Majority of South Africa’s electronic waste (e-waste) is being exported, with the country losing out on the economic potential of an entire waste stream. In a recent study conducted by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the...
Many determined South Africans make a living through the creation of informal jobs, and in Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal, waste pickers are being assisted with what they need the most – trolleys. The South African Waste Pickers Association recently...
MetPac-SA was recently announced as the new Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) tasked with representing the interests of the metal packaging industry. Delanie Bezuidenhout, CEO of MetPac-SA explained that the organisation will be focused...
South Africa is beginning to experience a progression in waste management and starting to explore innovative technologies in dealing with waste in a responsible manner, says Jan Palm, president of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern...
South Africa’s most densely populated province, Gauteng, is faced with many waste management challenges. This includes legal compliance, the environmentally sound practices of landfilling and the implementation of alternative waste management...
The community of Shakas Head on the Dolphin Coast in KwaZulu-Natal is one that prides itself on being environmentally responsible and recently received a little help achieving some of their environmental goals. The Institute of Waste Management...
South Africa’s waste management landscape is changing, and rather than a sudden change, there is a steady incremental change each year as the country moves towards a more sustainable waste management model. This is according to the latest GreenCape...
Tests have begun at Africa’s first plant that plans to convert plastic waste into commercial synthetic fuel oil. Renewable energy company Alternative Energy Systems, based in Kenya, uses a conversion technology that involves heating the waste under...