The establishment of a national register of polluters will be key to dealing with the pollution of the environment and water sources in South Africa, says Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/national-register-of-polluters-necessary-to-deal-with-water-pollution-says-dws-2024-04-15

Waste management company Interwaste on April 10 launched its R100-million leachate and effluent treatment plant in Delmas, Mpumalanga. The company says the plant is the first of its kind in Southhttps://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/interwaste-launches-r100m-leachate-effluent-treatment-plant-in-delmas-2024-04-10

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has granted Sasol South Africa permission to employ a load-based limit to regulate the sulphur dioxide (SO2) of its Secunda boilers in a decision upholding the JSE-listed group’s. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/sasol-granted-permission-to-use-load-based-limit-to-regulate-so2-emissions-from-secunda-boilers-2024-04-08

Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has unpacked the Industry Waste Tyre Management Plan (IWTMP), which was recently approved by Cabinet and which is aimed at addressing several challenges faced by the waste tyre sector. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/dffe-commits-to-supporting-smmes-in-waste-tyre-management-endeavour-2024-04-05

Senegal will conduct an audit of the oil, gas and mining sectors, newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye told the nation in a televised speech on Wednesday, while also reassuring investorshttps://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/senegals-new-president-announces-oil-gas-and-mining-sector-audit-2024-04-04

Financial services firm Standard Bank has reduced the carbon emissions from its facilities across Africa by 4.6% year-on-year in 2023, putting the group ahead of its 2040 net-zero target, says https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/standard-bank-reduced-its-ghg-emissions-by-46-in-2023-2024-04-03

Amid increasing emphasis on sustainability, this year’s inaugural Biodiversity Economy and Investment Indaba emphasises the importance of growing the South African biodiversity economy under the theme of ‘Collective Action for Thriving People and Nature.’https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/creecy-stresses-importance-of-protecting-the-environment-while-growing-the-biodiversity-economy-2024-03-25

North-West University (NWU) Professor Louis du Preez and his team of researchers have discovered a new species of African bullfrog, Pyxicephalus beytelli, which is the fourth species of bullfrog identified in Southern Africa. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/new-african-bullfrog-species-discovered-the-largest-discovered-in-100-years-2024-03-25

As the end of the public comment period nears, the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) held public consultations for the proposals set out in the draft Compulsory National Standards for Water https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/dws-hosts-public-consultation-on-revamped-water-sanitation-regulations-2024-03-13

The ocean’s depths are not some remote alien realm, but are in fact intimately entangled with every other part of the planet. We should treat them that way https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/12/radioactive-waste-baby-bottles-and-spam-the-deep-ocean-has-become-a-dumping-ground