`Elements of optimism in Budget' - IOL Business Report
22 Feb 2012 09:00 pm...of optimism in that message," Blum said in a live interview on eNews. Declarations that the government would remove the waste and inefficiency in its system, and visible progress in the health system contributed to this. Earlier, Finance...
Use garden sites correctly - looklocal
22 Feb 2012 07:00 pm...to one wheelbarrow in volume or trailer load - Garden waste from businesses (under strict control) - Household hazardous waste e.g. Oil The following are non permissable waste types - Domestic waste - Putrescible waste (Solid waste that...
South Durban schools project to push recycle message - looklocal
22 Feb 2012 07:00 pm...the Basin. The project aims to attempt to reduce the amount of recyclable waste going to landfill sites and to educate [...] Singh, Durban Solid Waste senior education officer said: "It is very important to have a project of this nature in...
Budget: Parties want more for infrastructure - Mail & Guardian Online
22 Feb 2012 07:00 pm...he was happy with the confidence building elements of the speech. He said declarations that the government would remove the waste and inefficiency in its system, and visible progress in the health system contributed to this. Gordhan said the...
Elements of optimism in budget: Metro life - The Citizen
22 Feb 2012 07:00 pm...of optimism in that message," Blum said in a live interview on eNews. Declarations that the government would remove the waste and inefficiency in its system, and visible progress in the health system contributed to this. Earlier, Finance...
R15m recycle plant shuts down - IOL
22 Feb 2012 08:00 am...unit reneged on supply agreements, causing a R15-million recycling plant at Mariannhill's landfill site to shut down. [...] tasked by Durban Solid Waste (DSW) to develop a pilot waste sorting plant at the landfill to ease the city's growing...
BMW SA saves R50m by cutting energy use - IOL Business Report
22 Feb 2012 08:00 am...with the City of Tshwane it planned to use energy from a methane source from a nearby landfill site. He said this [...] converted from unusable waste at a landfill site in Onderstepoort to the north of Pretoria, about 8km to the BMW SA...
International line-up of social entrepreneurs for COMMON Pitch SA. - Lead SA
22 Feb 2012 08:00 am...education centres for children aged nought to eight together with Ecopost, who make plastic lumber products from recycled plastic waste, also made it into the final, as did Netherlands based Mine Kafon, a wind-blown device designed to decommission...
State of the Province Address by Dr Zweli Mkhize the Premier of the Province... - SA Government Information
21 Feb 2012 08:00 pm...including "Tree-preneurs" - growing and planting indigenous and edible plants; "Waste-preneurs" - collecting recyclable waste; "Green-preneurs" - trading bicycles, water tanks, solar energy devices as well as reforestation projects,...
Governance and Administration Cluster Briefing - Parliamentary Monitoring Group
21 Feb 2012 08:00 pm...have prioritised infrastructure development that will improve service delivery of water, sanitation, electricity and waste removal while the Siyenza Manje project in partnership with the Development Bank of Southern Africa has identified 100...
Satawu agrees to wage deal
Trade union ‘Satawu’ has agreed to a wage deal offered by employers in the freight sector, ending the strike by truckers.
No end to trucker turmoil
No resolution has been reached in late-night wage talks, as a violent freight strike hits Eskom’s coal deliveries and trucks are petrol-bombed.
Press Release: Green no longer a purely ethical decision
Many companies do not see the value of moving towards more environmentally friendly practices. However, according to Jako Volschenk, Environmental Finance lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch Business School, what has been considered an ethical and then legal issue for years, is now also considered a societal requirement and it is in the interest of South African companies to comply. Read More Click Here
Press Releases: The Green Business Guide
For the latest news in green business, peruse the Financial Mail’s Green Business Guide.
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Press Releases: New Waste Act
SA faces significant challenges in reaching the standards being put in place by the new waste act, expected to come into effect next April. Read more: Click Here
Press Release: Interwaste exhibited at Wastecon in October 2010.
This expo focused on:
- Waste minimization and recycling
- Legislation and service delivery
- Landfill design and operations
- Landfill gas extraction and CDM
- Waste to energy projects and opportunities
- Waste collection, recycling and disposal
- Social issues related to waste management
- Interwaste was a proud sponsor of this initiative and the stand was designed to inform and educate.
