Air Products markets tyre recycling solutions as SA moves to deal with problem

Manufacturer and supplier of a wide variety of industrial and specialty gas products Air Products is intensifying the marketing for its two tyre and rubber recycling solutions, following the Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa’s...

IWMSA welcomes withdrawal of Redisa approval

The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) has welcomed the withdrawal of approval for the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa’s (Redisa’s) waste tyre recycling plan. In a statement issued on...

Water Affairs confirms movement on long-term AMD study

South Africa’s Department of Water Affairs (DWA) has confirmed that a feasibility study has been initiated to assess longer-term solutions for South Africa’s acid mine drainage (AMD) problem. The investigation began in December and should be...

Cabinet approves national waste management plan

The South African Cabinet approved a National Waste Management Strategy (NWMS) in December that provides the overarching methods to implement the Waste Act (2008) and its Waste Management Strategy, says Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs...

Redisa waste tyre plan approval withdrawn

Acting Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Collins Chabane on Wednesday withdrew the approval for the Integrated Industry Waste Tyre Management Plan of the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (Redisa) with immediate...

Industry expects govt feedback on waste management plan this year

Feedback from government on the draft Paper and Packaging Industry Waste Management Plan is expected this year, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic recycling company Petco CEO Cheri Scholtz tells Engineering News.

Tyre recycling plan unsustainable, jobs potential overestimated

Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has overestimated the number of jobs that can be created through the new tyre recycling programme, Democratic Alliance (DA) water and environment spokesperson Gareth Morgan said on Wednesday,...

New tyre recycling law to tackle waste problem

A waste tyre management plan to be rolled out later this year will create a "sustainable recycling industry" to deal with a major waste problem, the recycling initiative said on Monday. Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South...

Waste management strategy to create new jobs

South Africa’s National Waste Management Strategy (NWMS), which Cabinet last week approved for implementation, would generate and sustain jobs, as well as formalise existing jobs in the waste economy, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister...

King III drives ‘greener’ breweries

Water and wastewater management company Talbot & Talbot reports that integrated reporting, as described in the King Code and Report on Governance in South Africa, or King III, is becoming the driving force behind a trend towards the more judicious...

Public and private entities will be equal before the law after Nema changes

South Africa’s National Environmental Management Act (Nema) would be amended to ensure that the private sector and the parastatals had an equal footing with under the law, Environmental Affairs officials said at the release of the ‘2010-11...

High-level SA delegation to tour US mine-water treatment sites

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is organising a high-level reverse trade mission of South Africans to the US in early November, during which delegates would be exposed to the policy, funding and technology solutions available for...

Company aims to limit its environmental impact

Blasting solutions company AEL Mining Services is implementing a number of greening projects to enable it to comply with more stringent legal requirements defined by the Chief Inspector of Explosives and the Department of Water and Environmental...

Manufacturer wins recycling award

Manufacturer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers Polypet has received the Packaging Council of South Africa award for Best Recycled Product of the Year in the Best Recycled Product competition hosted by the South African Plastics...

Durban wastewater partnership marks ten-year milestone

A wastewater treatment project in Durban that was designed, supplied and commissioned by Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies South Africa (VWS South Africa) has been hailed as a prime example of how innovative approaches to water resource and...