Tag: Pollution
International minds tackle future of waste
On Monday 16 September, the City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee Member for Urban Waste Management Alderman Grant Twigg welcomed guests from across the...
Ensuring South Africa’s water security
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The imperative of reliable water infrastructure
By Jan Venter, CEO of SAPPMA
In the arid landscape of South Africa, where water is a precious resource,...
Plastics SA leads the charge in combating plastic pollution on World Environment Day and...
Plastics SA, the umbrella body representing the South African plastics industry, is proud to announce its commitment to combating plastic pollution on World Environment...
Three local plastics industry heavyweights join the fight against plastic pollution
Three new companies have joined the fight against plastic pollution by signing the Operational Clean Sweep (OCS) pledge in Southern Africa. The Association of...
Pollution from Eskom’s failing coal fleet will continue to kill thousands
Research on air pollution caused by Eskom’s ailing fleet of power stations is unequivocal: if allowed to continue, emissions from the company’s fleet of...
Leveraging better wastewater treatment to save planet
Reinhard Seidel, Sales Engineer for Verder South Africa
FOR water to truly be utilised without harm it needs to be clean and the fact is...
Five ways to start fixing SA’s deteriorating water quality
By Andi Rweqane, Director of Water at Royal HaskoningDHV.
POOR water quality in South Africa is becoming a major crisis across many municipalities in our...
W Cape Government signs MoU with Denmark to improve wastewater treatment
A new research paper recently published by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, which looked at the impact of the 2015 to...
SA welcomes resolution to end plastic pollution
Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Barbara Creecy has welcomed the adoption of the resolution to end plastic pollution with an international legally...
Microplastic pollution linger in rivers for years
MICROPLASTICS can deposit and linger within riverbeds for as long as seven years before washing into the ocean, a new study has found.
Because rivers...
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