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            <description><![CDATA[Converting hazardous waste and high-calorific materials into alternative fuels has enabled cement manufacturing facilities to partially or fully replace the coal used to fire cement kilns. Replacing coal has helped cement manufacturers to reduce their reliance on traditional energy sources for one of the most energy-intensive industrial operations, says waste management company Oricol Environmental Services. Its blending technology produces alternative fuels to help cement manufacturers reduce costs.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The City of Johannesburg says it is advancing the procurement of its Alternative Waste Treatment Technology (AWTT) project. The project is a waste-to-energy initiative aimed at diverting about 500 000 t/y of municipal solid waste from landfill.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[To advance its locally developed carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technology, South African company EPCM Global Engineering is progressing to the next stage of development through a comprehensive pilot plant programme aimed at attracting investment from State-owned and private sector partners. The company seeks to address major emissions challenges with solutions capable of delivering lasting impact.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Thirty-year old Western Cape recycling and waste management company CL Trading is set to double the amount of recyclables that it can process, with the installation of a new, imported, R3-million Enerpat horizontal baler. Until now, the company’s recycling capacity was 3 500 t a month. The acquisition of the baler was made possible by the financial support of producer responsibility organisation Petco. “We’re still learning and configuring the new baler and conveyor system. But with it, we’re looking to double our processing volume in the coming months,” reported CL Trading MD Shaun Styger. “The high-volume machinery was imported and commissioned through a significant capital investment by CL Trading, complemented by financial assistance from Petco, which contributed a portion of the overall funding.”]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration sector is undergoing a significant transition as the phase-out of ozone depletion substances and phase-down of high global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants accelerates, says refrigeration gas services company A-Gas. This shift, driven by global environmental regulations, affects sectors such as cold chain logistics, automotive and manufacturing, with A-Gas head of environmental services Michael Labacher noting that regulatory requirements are mandating a move towards lower GWP and natural refrigerants.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Shoprite group’s Centurion distribution centre (DC) has achieved a Level 2 Zero Waste to Landfill certification from the Green Building Council of South Africa. The Centurion centre is the largest DC in the retail giant’s network, and spans more than 173 500 m2.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <title>Recycling associations call for intervention from Competition Commission on scrap metal policy</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[While South Africa’s scrap metal recycling sector continues to play a vital part in the circular economy, the sector is being held back by the Price Preference System (PPS) policy for scrap metals export, Recycling Association of South Africa (RASA) chairperson Geoff Borrajeiro says. In a joint press release on behalf of the RASA, the Metal Recyclers Association (MRA) and the Scrap Recycling Coalition (SRC), he notes that, on November 24, 2025, representatives of the RASA and the MRA met with International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa’s (Itac’s) PPS Technical Team to examine data on export permit applications.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The City of Cape Town’s (CoCT’s) Water and Sanitation Directorate has, to date, installed more than 500 lockable manhole covers across sewer and reticulation infrastructure in the metro. The initiative seeks to reduce unauthorised access to the sewer system and prevent tampering, theft and illegal dumping.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <title>Petco's 2025 investments boost two recycling buyback centres' productivity by 20% to 30%</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Producer responsibility organisation Petco says two grassroots buyback centres have realised a 20% to 30% increase in productivity owing to critical infrastructure investments made to boost their collection and recycling efforts. This support was provided by Petco on behalf of its member organisations that pay extended producer responsibility fees for the packaging they sell into the market.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The development of the Kadant Autolab pilot plant is one of many paper and board recycling programmes and initiatives being introduced by paper and paper packaging sector responsibility organisation Fibre Circle. The in-house recyclability laboratory offers benchtop recyclability assessments and advanced research opportunities.]]></description>
            <author>Halima Frost</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Strengthening South Africa’s water sector starts with stabilising its infrastructure</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As South Africa’s water sector continues to deteriorate, strengthening asset management, infrastructure maintenance and institutional reform will be critical, while tackling high levels of nonrevenue water levels faced by many municipalities will go a long way towards ensuring the country’s water security. Maintenance of municipal water and sanitation infrastructure has been neglected across many municipalities for decades, leaving a “huge” backlog of repairs and refurbishment.]]></description>
            <author>Natasha Odendaal</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Consumer goods manufacturer Unilever has partnered with paper and plastics packaging manufacturing and recycling company Mpact Group subsidiary Mpact Waste Management across Unilever’s manufacturing sites in KwaZulu-Natal and Johannesburg, Gauteng. The partnership directly supports Unilever's goals of zero waste to landfill and net-zero emissions by 2039 by enabling Unilever to report on traceable material recovery, reduce greenhouse-gas emissions through diversion from landfill and empower small-scale enterprises in South Africa, Mpact says.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>Cape Town opens R434m Coastal Park waste recycling sorting facility</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has cut the ribbon on the new Coastal Park Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Muizenberg. The R434-million facility is designed to handle recyclables from the city’s door-to-door recycling collection programme.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
            <category>WASTE MANAGEMENT</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:27:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>SA Plastics Pact reports significant progress to 2030 recycling targets</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/sa-plastics-pact-reports-significant-progress-to-2030-recycling-targets-2026-03-13</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Industry recycling initiative the South African Plastics Pact member companies have made significant strides towards 2025 circular economy targets for plastic packaging in the country, having invested more than R4-billion since 2020 to redesign South Africa's plastics economy, de-risk innovation and build long-term recycling capacity. For Pact Target 1, which is to eliminate problematic and unnecessary plastics, members have reduced problematic and unnecessary plastic items by 35%, or 55-million units, since 2020.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:59:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Data indicates that dam levels are “frighteningly low” and daily water use is “relentlessly” high, the City of Cape Town (CoCT) shared in a media briefing held on February 23, providing insight into operational information and projections for the coming months. At the time, dam levels were at just over 55%, about 19% lower year-on-year, which the CoCT stated, indicated that the system was entering a “more sensitive” period ahead of winter rainfall.]]></description>
            <author>Trent Roebeck</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[In the lead-up to National Water Week – commemorated from next week – asset management firm Mergence Investment Managers – in collaboration with water management company South African Water Works – is steadily maintaining consistent operations at the Siza Water recycling and reuse plant in Ballito, KwaZulu-Natal, producing about 4-million litres of potable drinking water a day, since its establishment in 2017. Mergence notes that the plant had its membranes replaced during one of multiple plant upgrades in 2025 , which enabled Siza Water to achieve current production levels. The plant currently uses multi-media sand filters, ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis, and UV disinfection technologies to ensure optimal water quality.]]></description>
            <author>Trent Roebeck</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Securing South Africa’s water future requires disciplined implementation, diversified supply and stronger financial governance, says financial services provider Investec Sustainable Solutions technical adviser De Wet Taljaard. He suggests that the renewal of water infrastructure is already under way, with a pipeline of publicly funded projects worth about R94-Billion in development. These projects include the Lesotho Highlands Water Project Phase 2; the uMkhomazi water project; the proposed Ntabelanga dam, which forms part of the Mzimvubu water project; the Clanwilliam dam raising; and upgrades to the Tzaneen, Hazelmere and Klipfontein dams.]]></description>
            <author>Trent Roebeck</author>
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            <title>Modern tech improves water infrastructure, combats scarcity</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s ongoing water challenges are exacerbated by ageing water infrastructure, owing to failing asset performance and tardy maintenance, in relation to plant efficiency and stable water supply, says energy, automation and digitalisation specialist company Schneider Electric’s water and wastewater (WWW) segment leader Peter Marumong. Consequently, the Schneider Electric WWW segment is offering municipalities automation, telemetry and analytical platform solutions to digitalise their respective water operations, including pumpstations, reservoirs, treatment plants and distribution networks.]]></description>
            <author>Trent Roebeck</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global metal processing specialists Benteler in December announced the completion of a comprehensive modernisation of its casthouse at the Raufoss Industrial Park in Norway. The expanded production facilities were officially opened at an inauguration ceremony attended by representatives from Benteler’s management team, employees, and partners from the industrial park and supply chain.]]></description>
            <author>Halima Frost</author>
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The new casthouse opened by Benteler at the Raufoss Industrial Park in Norway will improve on the company's aluminum recycling capacity
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s producer responsibility organisation for the paper and paper packaging sector, Fibre Circle, has rolled out an exciting and innovative project to extend inclusive environmental awareness to 292 schools across the country. Through their flagship Zithande Mzansi programme, Fibre Circle has the bold aim of inspiring young people to have a passion for nature and the environment and to make recycling education accessible to every learner.]]></description>
            <author>Debbie French</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The adoption of fire protection systems and technologies within South African waste management and/or recycling facilities is becoming increasingly important given the risks to workers and infrastructure, says fire protection solutions supplier DoseTech. DoseTech is the authorised Southern African distributor for German company FireDos, specialists in proportioning systems and firefighting monitors. Fire protection and detection technologies are particularly relevant for waste and recycling facilities as they detect heat zones and potential fire risks associated with various waste products, says DoseTech MD Michael Feldon.]]></description>
            <author>Trent Roebeck</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Wastewater treatment company Sanitech announced the integration of water and waste solutions company Green-Tech’s technology into its operations, marking a significant step in strengthening its technical capability and advancing its long-term sustainability strategy. The integration brings Green-Tech’s specialised expertise directly into Sanitech’s national framework, enabling the company to broaden its offering and deliver more advanced, cost-effective water and waste treatment solutions to clients across South Africa.]]></description>
            <author>Trent Roebeck</author>
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Green-Tech will ensure that water and waste treatmnent processes are optimised, enabling Sanitech to improve their solution offerings</image_title>
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            <title>Metal’s recyclability  could facilitate improved economic development</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African private and public sectors must implement better recycled-metal production methods and metal recycling initiatives to help foster a circular economy and improved economic development, states metal producer responsibility organisation MetPac-SA. Consequently, sustainable practices should be implemented in manufacturing and in buying and/or reusing recyclable metal products, while consumers should be more aware of metal product use and adopt recycling habits.]]></description>
            <author>Trent Roebeck</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[To strengthen its position as a trusted partner to the food industry, sustainable packaging and paper solutions provider Mondi launched its extended food packaging portfolio in November. The portfolio includes solid board solutions and digital printing capabilities following the acquisition of European packaging manufacturer Schumacher Packaging, in April 2025, enhancing Mondi’s ability to serve clients across Europe.]]></description>
            <author>Halima Frost</author>
            <category>Recycling &amp; Waste Management</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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The new packaging range offers superior packaging solutions for the food sector</image_title>
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            <title>RASA welcomes Competition Commission's decisive action against suspected price-fixing in scrap ...</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/rasa-welcomes-competition-commissions-decisive-action-against-suspected-price-fixing-in-scrap-metal-market-2026-02-18</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Recycling Association of South Africa (RASA) has welcomed the Competition Commission’s proactive and decisive intervention in the scrap metal sector. RASA points out that, on February 13, the commission conducted search-and-seizure operations at the premises of several major scrap metal buying companies as part of its ongoing investigation into alleged coordinated price-fixing of shredded and processed scrap metal.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
            <category>RECYCLING</category>
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            <title>Polyco, partners launch Prince Albert Recycling Group </title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/polyco-partners-launch-prince-albert-recycling-group-2026-02-16</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Producer responsibility organisation Polyco, in partnership with the Prince Albert municipality and the Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning has launched the Prince Albert Recycling Group. This is an integrated recycling initiative aimed at strengthening local recycling systems across the Karoo by linking community- and school-based collection with municipal waste management operations, while building long-term local capacity.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <title>Controlling carryback at conveyor transfer points</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dust and carryback from belt conveyor discharge points are an ongoing problem for bulk handling operations and the efficient discharge at a transfer point requires a holistic approach with several components working in tandem, highlights bulk material handling solutions company Martin Engineering. This approach aims to extend equipment life, improve safety, and address the root causes of inefficiency and downtime that reduce production and raise the cost of operation, highlights Martin Engineering process engineer Dan Marshall.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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Improved belt cleaning and tracking reduce carryback, limiting spillage and dust, while improving safety and lowering operating costs</image_title>
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            <title>Modern demolition solutions can boost ESG performance </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Environment-friendly and safe infrastructure demolition and deconstruction, delivered through turnkey solutions and ethical processes in both operational and redundant environments, is a key imperative for Johannesburg-based contractor Jet Demolition. “The company’s approach to demolition incorporates efficient material recovery, reuse and recycling in a project’s initial planning stages through an engineering- and method-led approach that supports a circular economy, helping contribute to improving the health, safety and environmental performance of the construction industry,” says Jet Demolition contracts manager Kate Bester.]]></description>
            <author>Trent Roebeck</author>
            <category>Recycling &amp; Waste Management</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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        <image_title>RUBBLE RECYCLING Jet Demolition takes pride in helping clear rubble from redundant sites for recycling, which can then be redirected for productive use</image_title>
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            <title>Decentralised treatment a critical water safeguard</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/decentralised-treatment-a-critical-water-safeguard-2026-01-16</link>
            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s water-security challenges are tightening at every link of the value chain, but engineers warn that the most overlooked threat is at the very beginning – in the form of waste treatment, says portable sanitation company Sanitech MD Robert Erasmus. When upstream systems fail, downstream purification becomes exponentially more complex, costly and, in some cases, almost impossible.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
            <category>Recycling &amp; Waste Management</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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Effective waste treatment at the source is emerging as the critical and most overlooked key to securing South Africa’s future water resilience
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            <title>Historic waste sites must apply for licences 16 years after Waste Act, law firm advises</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/historic-waste-sites-must-apply-for-licences-16-years-after-waste-act-law-firm-advises-2026-01-15</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Operators of historic waste disposal facilities in South Africa have been called upon to apply for waste management licences (WMLs) for the first time since the National Environmental Management: Waste Act (NEMWA) came into effect 16 years ago, according to a group of Webber Wentzel attorneys. Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Willie Aucamp issued the notice on December 10 last year, requiring certain operators to submit applications by December 9, 2027.]]></description>
            <author>Darren Parker</author>
            <category>WASTE MANAGEMENT</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:42:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Governance failures turning waste tyre depots into public health, environmental hazards – Redisa</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/governance-failures-turning-waste-tyre-depots-into-public-health-environmental-hazards-redisa-2026-01-09</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Rustenburg Waste Tyre Depot, visited by Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Deputy Minister Bernice Swarts, is not representative of the dire state of depots across the country, says tyre recycling initiative Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (Redisa). It suggests that the Deputy Minister should rather have visited the site of the Biesiesvlei depot in Lichtenburg, which is also in the North West. In 2023, the depot went up in flames and caused significant environmental damage.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Polyco injects R1.89m into polystyrene recycler </title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/polyco-injects-r189m-into-polystyrene-recycler-2025-12-18</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Producer responsibility organisation Polyco has invested R1.89-million in waste service provider New Earth Recycling, strengthening one of South Africa’s only dedicated recyclers of post-consumer and agricultural polystyrene (PS) and expanding the country’s limited domestic processing capacity of this plastic type. This is Polyco’s third consecutive year of support for the Cape Town facility and reflects the broader need to build viable recycling solutions for plastics that are technically recyclable but have struggled to attract commercial investment, the organisation points out.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
            <category>RECYCLING AND WASTE MANAGEMENT</category>
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            <title>﻿Cape Town switches  on landfill gas  to energy plant </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Urban Waste Management MMC Grant Twigg in November powered up the city’s new gas-to-energy plant at the Coastal Park Landfill. The plant generates enough electricity to power 4 300 households by converting landfill gas to power.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
            <category>ENERGY</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Polyco’s Packa-Ching initiative pays out R50m, diverts 41m kg of waste from landfills</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/polycos-packa-ching-initiative-pays-out-r50m-diverts-41m-kg-of-waste-from-landfills-2025-12-03</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Polyco’s Packa-Ching community recycling initiative has paid out more than R50-million to South African communities, and diverted more than 41-million kilogrammes of waste from landfills. Packa-Ching managed this through mobile and static buy-back centres in underserved communities where there is no recycling infrastructure.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
            <category>RECYCLING</category>
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            <title>South African communities have collected 41 000 t of waste, in recycling initiative</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/south-african-communities-have-collected-41-000-t-of-waste-in-recycling-initiative-2025-11-28</link>
            <description><![CDATA[South African producer responsibility organisation Polyco has announced that South African communities have collected more than 41-million kilogrammes of waste material, and earned themselves more than R50-million, through the organisation’s flagship Packa-Ching initiative. This waste, including plastics, cans, glass and paper, would otherwise have gone to landfills. Polyco made this possible by providing, under the Packa-Ching initiative, static and mobile buy-back centres in communities with no recycling infrastructure. In these communities, discarded recyclable materials were collected by waste pickers. The development of partnerships between the buy-back centres and the local waste pickers was essential to the success of the initiative.]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
            <category>WASTE MANAGEMENT &amp; RECYCLING</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 10:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Cape Town’s Macassar wastewater treatment works gets R1.3bn upgrade</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/cape-towns-macassar-wastewater-treatment-works-gets-r13bn-upgrade-2025-11-27</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The City of Cape Town is rolling out a R1.3-billion upgrade to the Macassar wastewater treatment works (WWTW). The upgrade will more than double the plant’s current treatment capacity, from 34-million to 80-million litres a day, to cater for population growth over the next 20 years.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 08:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
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