Africa Green Waste and Energy Expo and Conference. A gender perspective
The Africa Green Waste and Energy Expo and Conference 11th Edition held from the 26th to the 29th of July 2022 provided a platform for women and youth to participate in all engagements of the conference. The move shows that there is a significant improvement...
Single-use plastics pressure mounts – as toxicology grows
Organisations whose products and services are based on single-use plastic are increasingly getting under siege. This is due to the vociferous anthems of the environmental effects of plastic from the scientific and civil community. It is well known that plastic supports a great chunk of...
Harare City developing an integrated solid waste management plan to address growing waste challenges
The City of Harare has developed its integrated solid waste management strategic draft plan running from 2021 to 2036 to address challenges related to solid waste management. Various stakeholders met in Harare in September 2021, to review and finalise the plan. The plan has been...
Understanding Used oil challenges and sustainable disposal options
It has been noted that environmental pollution is a global challenge as it results in damaged ecosystems, economic loss and tourism disruption. It occurs as a result of careless incidents such as industrial wastes discharge and oil spillages. Waste oil is produced across industries, from...
Used computers – blessing or curse in electronic waste
The first computing or rather calculating machine was invented in the 1820s by a man called Charles Babbage. In 1936, Alan Turing developed an idea that influenced computers, a universal machine which could compute anything computable. Fast forward to 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak...
Biodegradable packaging to prevent pollution from plastic waste
Individuals feel good and comfortable when handling packed commodities but are not ready to solve the problems of plastic waste. Packaging is more than just material used to carry products. It is the art and technology of enclosing and protecting products for distribution, use and...
Diapers become a menace
Since their introduction in the 1950s production, demand and use of diapers globally has increased, feeding directly into the increase of solid waste. In the first 2 years of a child’s life, approximately 3796 diapers are used on them. This creates 391.4kg to 537.6kg of...
Economic Independence Through Waste Management
The international current challenges of resource scarcity can only be busted by the implementation of the circular economy concept. Through implementation of the circular economy concept, economic aspirations such as scaling to higher economic status can be achieved. The thread can be in waste management....
Understanding the Most Common Hazardous Types of Medical Health Care Waste
It has been estimated by WHO that 16 billion injections are administered worldwide, but not all the needles and syringes are properly disposed of afterwards. The waste generated by health-care activities, about 85% is general, non-hazardous waste, while 15% is considered hazardous material that may...
Sewage Waste Affects Communities
Sewage is a mixture of water, human excreta, used water from bathrooms, food preparation waste, laundry waste produced by a community. It is discharged from residences and from commercial, institutional and public facilities that exist in the locality. Sewage is transported through a sewer system...
