The planned Waste Management Bureau will be fully operationalised this year, said Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa at the opening of the 5th Waste Khoro. The Waste Management Bureau will oversee the implementation of Industry Waste...
Investigations are ongoing to find the source of the pharmaceutical waste that washed up on a number of Durban beaches recently, following heavy rains. Clean-up campaigns to clear the beaches of the waste are still underway and will continue until...
The amount of plastics recycled in 2015 is up from the previous year, but diversion from landfill is down and a lack of quality material highlights the need for waste to be separated at source. Over the last few decades, Plastics|SA has been...
More than eight million kilograms of trash – equivalent to the weight of more than 100 Boeing 737s – was collected by nearly 800 000 volunteers during Ocean Conservancy’s 2015 International Coastal Cleanup. This is according to a new report...
With the gap between supply and demand for water expected to reach 17% by 2030, many South Africans will be required to radically change their attitudes to the way in which this precious commodity is being used and conserved, especially in the...
The waste industry is fast becoming a significant economic driver both globally and locally. According to the UN’s projections for the period between 2015 and 2030, Johannesburg’s population will grow from 9.3-million to 11.5-million...
Several Durban beaches were closed to the public last week following an announcement by eThekwini Municipality that medical waste had washed up on shored. Investigations were conducted by officials from eThekwini Municipality, National and...
In the absence of a formal collection and sorting system for recyclables, waste pickers have provided a valuable, and low cost, solution for moving resources from the service chain to the value chain. In-depth research conducted by the CSIR on the...
“Trash banking” is beginning to catch on in parts of Africa following its success in other parts of the world. The practice of trash banking is well-known in Indonesia. The country has 2 800 trash banks in 129 cities which serve 175 000 people,...
