Like all cities in the world, Johannesburg, South Africa's commercial capital, has a waste management problem...
Melanie Samson 4 May 2021
In 2019, over 75% of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) milk and beverage bottles were recycled, injecting a significant amount of material back into the market...
According to Alessandra Pardini, partner in the Projects Practice at Webber Wentzel, while public private partnerships (PPPs) are often viewed as the ideal approach to overcoming South African infrastructure challenges, they are not as simple to implement as many may think and could take years to bed down...
A residential module, fully constructed from reusable, recyclable, and compostable materials, has been opened in Dübendorf, Switzerland...
Britain's Prince Charles said that plastic is now "on the menu" in the fish we eat and called for decisive action as he opened a conference Thursday, 5 October, on protecting the world's oceans...
The Department of Environmental Affairs says it will probe reports that some plastic supermarket carrier bags, which claim to be recycled, are allegedly not...
The waste sector has been identified as a critical sector which has the potential to contribute substantially to economic growth. Micro-collectors are key to the waste sector...
Our dominant linear 'take-make-consume-dispose' economy is unsustainable. Dwindling natural resources and growing demand are inescapable: it is only a matter of time - in some cases just decades - before certain resources will no longer be available as virgin commodities. ..
Hermann Erdman 9 Jun 2016
Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa says there is a need to explore practical solutions to coordinate waste management initiatives, primarily through technological innovation...
The City of Johannesburg's drive to promote recycling moved up a gear, when a R16m multipurpose Pikitup waste management depot was opened in Orange Farm, Region G...
Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, says government is waging a war on waste and prioritising contributing to the development and growth of the recycling economy...
Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa acknowledged that waste is a serious problem in South Africa, which adversely affects the integrity of the natural environment...
City of Joburg Mayor Parks Tau and Pikitup have declared war on the owners of illegal dumping sites after a recent tour of the city.
The European Association of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisation (EPRO) will hold its first general meeting on African soil on 20 November 2013 in Cape Town and will be hosted by PETCO, the PET Recycling Company.