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Construction of the Potsdam Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) in Cape Town, currently one of the Western Cape’s largest infrastructure projects at a cost of R5.2-billion, has reached 60%...
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The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) Environment and Infrastructure Services Department, through its Waste Management and Regulation Unit, will rehabilitate the decommissioned Kya Sands landfill site....
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Local environmental and conservation organisation the World Wide Fund for Nature South Africa (WWF SA) says the issue of the sustainable development of a transition minerals industry should be on...
Delegates discussing the world's first legally binding treaty to tackle plastic pollution failed to reach consensus, diplomats said on Friday, voicing disappointment and even rage that the 10-day...
The strategic conference programme of this year’s Global African Hydrogen Summit will present significant thought leadership and insights from government heads, industry leaders, technology experts...
The completed feasibility study on the implementation model for Cape Town’s Faure New Water Scheme (FNWS) has recommended that the project be rolled out as a public-private partnership (PPP). The...
The first phase of the West Coast Green Hydrogen Master Plan, in support of the establishment of the Saldanha Hydrogen Hub, has been confirmed and will be coordinated by the Council for Scientific...
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Waste tyre recycling organisation the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (Redisa) has written to members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Forestry, Fisheries...
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Dr Dion George is leading a South African delegation attending the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee...
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The US has sent letters to at least a handful of countries urging them to reject the goal of a global pact that includes limits on plastic production and plastic chemical additives at the start of...
The completed feasibility study on the implementation model for Cape Town’s Faure New Water Scheme (FNWS) has recommended that the project be rolled out as a public-private partnership (PPP). The...
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KwaZulu-Natal-based tyre recycling company Mathe Group says the introduction of an operational large-scale devulcanisation plant could open up new markets for recycled rubber in manufacturing and...
The Real Urban Emissions (TRUE) Initiative Johannesburg project, launched by the University of Johannesburg (UJ) and the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) on July 21, will use...
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