The State of Polystyrene Recycling in South Africa
Polystyrene is 100% recyclable. We review the status of polystyrene recycling in South Africa
Let’s Talk About Packaging and EEE
The packaging the Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) industries use, its environmental impact, and how to manage it more responsibly.
Towards a Sustainable Future
Sustainable waste management: barriers to recycling in South Africa and how to overcome them with green design, EPR, and the right to repair.
What is Lighting Waste?
Several life cycle impact assessments show that lighting products have a substantial environmental impact when they become lighting waste.
Copper and Ferrous Waste and Scrap Metal Export Prohibition
Measures to restrict and regulate trade in ferrous and non-ferrous metals waste, scrap and semi-finished ferrous and non-ferrous metal products are to be implemented.
Leading Scientists Highlight 10 Essential Climate Science Insights for 2022
Researchers stress that only through ambitious mitigation efforts and systemic transformation, can we avoid facing widespread limits to adaptation, and increased losses and damages
Toxic Aircraft Carrier Dangerously Drifting After Weeks at Sea
NGOs Demand that Brazil Allows the São Paulo to Dock. Three weeks have passed since the toxic aircraft carrier SÃO PAULO came back to Brazil.
Turkey Demands New Survey of Massive Toxic Warship Before Import
Ankara, Turkey. August 23, 2022. The Brazilian government and Sok Denizcilik Tic.Ve Ltd.Sti (SOK) of Aliaga, Turkey, the buyer of the Aircraft Carrier SÃO PAULO, was sent scrambling on 9 August, when Turkish authority Eyüp Karahan General Director of Environmental Management, on behalf of Minister Çevre Yönetimi Genel Müdürü, sent a letter to the Brazilian …
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Government Publishes Policy Proposals on Measures to Address Scrap Metal Theft – for Public Comment
Draft Policy Proposals on Measures to Restrict and Regulate Trade in Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals Waste, Scrap and Semi-Finished Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metal Products to Limit Damage to Infrastructure and the Economy
eWASA Appoints Packaging Executive for Section 18 EPR
The e-Waste Association of South Africa (eWASA) is proud to announce the appointment of Adri Spangenberg as Packaging Executive, with effect from 1 July 2022. “In order for us to be compliant with the National Environmental Management: Waste Act and the Industry Waste Management Plan (IWMP) whereby manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, and distributors of electrical and …
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