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I just want to commend your organisation for the service you are offering and to let you know that myself and other households on our street in Constantia Park are 100% behind the initiative. I am a confirmed ‘ Greenie’ and your service is saving me a long drive every month to drop off my recycling. It is high time that South Africans develop a conscience regarding waste and the detrimental effects on the environment. Stephanie Kruger
Resources for waste management and recycling
As one of the leading companies in Waste Management and Recycling in South Africa, we make an effort to keep ourselves up to date with what's going on in our industry, regarding opportunities to further reduce our waste to landfill and to partner in our community to achieve sustainable waste management practice as well as the challenges we face in our country in terms of the waste we generate.
We aim to give you more information about recycling and why it's necessary, and will also introduce some of our partners and organizations we're teaming with.
We aim to give you more information about recycling and why it's necessary, and will also introduce some of our partners and organizations we're teaming with.
Following the e-waste trail
By taking out the toxic chemicals from the products and securing global recycling schemes, electronics manufacturers can ensure that countries like Nigeria do not end up with Europe's toxic e-waste. Take action now and find out how you can make sure our electronic devices do not end up polluting the poor... ©Greenpeace/Kristtian Buus
Story of Stuff - electronics
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Story of Stuff
Tyre Industry Waste Management plan
A new integrated industry waste tyre management plan for the recycling and economic development initiative of South Africa (REDISA) has recently been approved - view the Notice of Approval here.
National Waste Management Strategy
The National Waste Management Strategy (NWMS) is a legislative requirement of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008), the “Waste Act”. The purpose of the NWMS is to achieve the objects of the Waste Act. Organs of state and affected persons are obliged to give effect to the NWMS.
Footprint calculator
Worried about your impact on the environment? The way we use the planet’s resources makes up our ecological footprint. Measuring yours takes less than 5 minutes and could set you on a life-changing journey… Calculate your ecological footprint on the WWF website.
Earth hour
Earth Hour is a global initiative by the World Wide Fund for Nature which acts as a worldwide call to action to every individual, business and community to take a stand against Climate Change. More information on the Earth hour website.
News and information for recyclers and waste management practitioners in the UK
Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) is a Government Department in the UK.
The overarching challenge for Defra is to secure a healthy environment in which we and future generations can prosper.
As we build a low carbon, resource efficient economy, Defra helps people to adapt to changes, deals with environmental risks and makes the most of the opportunity we now have to secure a sustainable society and a healthy environment. This will help see us through the difficult economic times, volatile food and energy prices and a changing climate which all make us more aware that we can’t take our environment for granted.
Electronic Waste Guide , South Africa
e-Waste for short – or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) – is the term used to describe old, end-of-life or discarded appliances using electricity.
It includes computers, consumer electronics, fridges etc which have been disposed of by their original users.
On this website – the e-Waste Guide – “e-waste” is used as a generic term embracing all types of waste containing electrically powered components. e-Waste contains both valuable materials as well as hazardous materials which require special handling and recycling methods.
This guide covers all categories of e-waste but emphasizes categories which contain problematic, scarce and valuable or otherwise interesting materials.
Examples: Computers, LCD / CRT screens, cooling appliances, mobile phones, etc., contain precious metals, flame retarded plastics, CFC foams and many other substances.
City of Vancouver, Canada – Solid Waste and Recycling Initiatives
Official Vancouver website for recycling and garbage collecting.
Overstrand Municipality (Hermanus) – Recycling Initiatives
The objective of the Overstrand Solid Waste Department is to provide all residents, businesses and visitors in the region with a high quality, yet affordable waste management service which is equitable for all and promotes the principals of integrated waste management, waste minimization and environmental responsibility.
Scotland (Waste Aware) – Solid Waste and Recycling Initiatives
Waste Aware Scotland provides you with helpful advice on how and why to reduce, reuse and recycle your household waste.
Region of Peel (Toronto), Canada – Solid Waste and Recycling Initiatives
Official Region of Peel website for recycling and garbage collecting.
Paper and Cardboard Recycling in South Africa
Paper pick-up is a paper recycling company in South Africa.
The National Recycling Forum of South Africa
The National Recycling Forum (NRF) is a non-profit organisation created to promote the recovery and recycling of recyclable materials in South Africa.
Cape Town City Council, Solid Waste Departments – Waste Crisis
In 2002/03, residents, visitors and businesses in Cape Town generated 2.3 million tons of waste – that’s almost 2 kg per person a day on average. Waste generation is growing at
almost 7% per annum – faster than our city’s population growth rate of 1.7%! Three of the City’s landfill sites are already closed and the remaining three are filling up fast.
Since the adoption of the City’s Integrated Waste Management (IWM) policy in May 2006, the Solid Waste Management Department now concentrates on preventing pollution and waste at source, instead of focusing on treating and disposing of waste once it has been generated (known as ‘end-of-pipe’ waste management).
Waste Bill and the effect on the IT Industry
The ICT industry has paid little attention to the Waste Management Bill, due to be gazetted later this year. However, its current form promises to have a far-reaching impact on ICT players and users.
The Bill was tabled for general comment by environmental affairs and tourism minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk, on 12 January, allowing 90 days for interested parties to respond.
Environmental news South Africa
A waste Bill, due to come into force over the next few weeks, will overhaul the way companies manage their waste, imposing heavy penalties on dirty businesses that contaminate land or dump waste illegally, notes the Financial Mail. Anyone found contravening the Act will face up to 15 years in prison or a R10m fine. It will also extend manufacturers’ financial responsibility for their products, even if they have been consumed. ‘The Bill captures the concept of a duty of care from cradle to grave,’ says Joanne Yawitch, deputy DG at the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism. The private sector will now have to assume greater costs to keep the environment clean – or risk additional regulation, she adds. ‘Ideally we want industries to regulate themselves,’ says Yawitch. ‘But if necessary we can put in place waste quotas.’ Government is allocating more than R1.4bn over the next 10 years to cover the costs (mostly administrative) of implementing the Bill.
David Suzuki Foundation
Since 1990, the David Suzuki Foundation has worked to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that sustains us. Focusing on four program areas – oceans and sustainable fishing, climate change and clean energy, sustainability, and the Nature Challenge – the Foundation uses science and education to promote solutions that conserve nature and help achieve sustainability within a generation.