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The world is not enough....WASTE!

24 October 2019
Yumna Gihwala-Salie

Interwaste prepared for implementation of zero liquids to landfill legislation

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Waste management company Interwaste on Thursday questioned whether South Africa was ready and able to manage zero liquid waste to landfill, as is required under legislation due to take effect on August 23...read more

Global waste to pile up by 70 percent in 2050

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Failure to collect and properly treat solid waste contributes to flooding, air pollution and public health issues such as respiratory ailments, diarrhea and dengue fever...read more

US top of the garbage pile in global waste crisis

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The world produces over two billion tonnes of municipal solid waste every year, enough to fill over 800,000 Olympic sized swimming pools...read more

The World’s Garbage Problem – What You Need to Know

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According to Daniel Hoornweg in an article in Nature, our future could look a lot like Blade Runner by the year 2049. Not in terms of artificial human life, but in terms of our trash production...read more

Where does recycling and rubbish from the UK go?

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So how much of the UK's waste is recycled, and how much of it do we send abroad?...read more