Plastic, paper, and glass waste is packaging waste that is regarded as general waste. It therefore falls under Municipal duties and is disposed of in general landfill site mostly run by Municipalities. Municipal waste is currently the focus of...
South African mobile equipment supplier AfrEquip is introducing something new to the local market: a fast, simple and effective way for organisations to green their operations and save. Driven by requirements and local mandates such as green waste...
A new type of wood pelleting machine has been developed by German plant making company Amandus Kahl to handle greater capacities and produce a more efficient product. Three years ago, a large US-based wood pelleting firm had Amandus Kahl present...
In South Africa, it is estimated that we have millions of waste tyres lying in dumps and stockpiles, or scattered across the country in residential, industrial and rural areas. Almost 10 million waste tyres are added to this number every year....
Manufacturers and retailers, who do not comply with the revised compulsory specifications for plastic carrier bags and flat bags, will be charged. This is according to The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS). The General Manager...
The National Waste Management Strategy (NWMS) came into effect in November 2011. As a legislative requirement of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008), it aims to give effect to the objects of the Waste Act. It...
By Frances Ringwood At the bottom of many electronic messages it says, “Save the rainforests, don’t print this email.” That footnote comes from a good place in people’s hearts but new research into the real costs of paper use has come out in favour...
The Southern African Vinyls Association (SAVA) recently hosted the biannual meeting of the Global Vinyls Council (GVC) on 21 October this year in Sandton. A hugely successful Vinyls SA 2014 Conference was then held on the following day. At the...
South African Vinyls Association (SAVA) Chairman Dr Claus Maurer said today at the Vinyl SA 2014 conference in Sandton, Gauteng, “SAVA’s product stewardship programme aims to reduce vinyl to landfill to 0% by the year 2030.” Other aims of the...
