South African non-profit company E-waste Recycling Authority (ERA) CEO Ashley du Plooy has highlighted major South African retail group Pick n Pay (PnP) as a pioneer in facilitating the collection,https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/major-retailer-nonprofitand-disabled-empowerment-group-collaborate-to-handle-e-waste-2024-08-21

Cape Town has unveiled a new pump station control room, which digitally tracks the live performance of water and sanitation infrastructure.                     The control room is already helping https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/cape-town-launches-live-tracking-of-water-sanitation-infrastructure-performance-2024-08-20

Researchers at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have unveiled findings from research they have been conducting into ways to reduce plastic pollution, which includes anhttps://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/csir-researchers-develop-plastic-pollution-tools-policy-considerations-for-south-africa-2024-08-16

Few municipalities comply with waste management legislation for landfill sites intended to protect the environment from pollution and communities’ health, says civil society organisation AfriForum.https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/few-landfill-sites-pass-minimum-requirements-audit-afriforum-2024-07-30

Significant alterations to existing scrap metal regulations and outright bans – albeit temporary – on the trade of certain scrap metals should not be made without access to transparent and accurate.https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/aggressive-scrap-metal-policies-should-be-based-on-transparent-data-not-conjecture-expert-says-2024-07-30

Legal stakeholders have welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s signing of the Climate Change Bill into law on July 23, and have also highlighted areas of focus. The Environmental Assessment https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/legal-stakeholders-respond-to-climate-change-bill-being-signed-into-law-2024-07-25

Automotive and industrial battery manufacturer First Battery on July 17 took media on a tour of its battery recycling facility in Benoni Industrial Sites, in Ekurhuleni, where it recycles 80 t of lead-acid batteries a day. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/first-battery-showcases-80-td-lead-acid-battery-recycling-plant-2024-07-17

Emissions of nitrous oxide – a greenhouse gas (GHG) said to be more potent than CO2 or methane – continued unabated between 1980 and 2020, a year when more than ten-million metric tons were https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/nitrous-oxide-emissions-grew-by-40-from-1980-to-2020-study-finds-2024-06-14

Since starting its sustainability journey in 2008, the V&A Waterfront (V&A) in Cape Town has reduced its energy use by 40%, with 2 MW of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels generating 1 640 000 kWh of clean energy a year. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/already-green-va-waterfront-eyes-starting-up-desalination-plant-building-second-seawater-cooling-plant-2024-06-14

Governments need to plant more trees and deploy technologies that will quadruple the amount of carbon dioxide removed each year from the atmosphere in order to meet global climate goals, a team of researchers said in a report published on Wednesday. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/carbon-removal-needs-to-quadruple-to-meet-climate-goals-researchers-say-2024-06-05