The Occupational Health and Safety Amendment Bill aims to extensively amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Please note, it is NOT an actual amendment, but merely proposes changes to the Act. Strangely enough the Bill does not call for comments as it only states that it was published for information. It is suspected that [...]
Dear Clients, DRAFT amendments were published for public comment to the following laws under the Waste Act: Regulations regarding Extended Producer Responsibility (GN R 1184 of 2020), and Notices in respect of the: Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme for the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Sector (GN R 1185 of 2020) Lighting Sector (GN R 1186 of [...]
China, the world's worst polluter, has pledged to become carbon neutral before 2060 in a move that could prove to be a major step forward for the global climate fight. The country also said it would scale up its efforts under the global Paris Agreement on climate change, with an aim to have its carbon [...]
International Energy Agency chief warns of need to prevent post-lockdown surge in emissions The world has only six months in which to change the course of the climate crisis and prevent a post-lockdown rebound in greenhouse gas emissions that would overwhelm efforts to stave off climate catastrophe, one of the world’s foremost energy experts has [...]
Microplastics have reached one of the world's most remote food systems, a new study has found. The findings raise concerns over the future of Antarctica's fragile ecosystem, which is already threatened by climate change. For the first time, scientists have discovered microplastics inside small organisms living in the soil in Antarctica, according to a new [...]
Dear Clients and Visitors, Since the lockdown was initially proclaimed, but especially once we moved to Level 4 with its host of new Regulations and Directions and amendments to existing ones, we have received numerous queries to explain certain (new) requirements. From these we realised that several common questions kept on coming up and we [...]
An accident at a mine in Springs, Gauteng, has left one man dead. The accident, which took place at Gold 1 Modder East mine on Friday, saw a mine employee crushed in a scaler, according to a fatality notification that News24 has seen. The incident has been confirmed by the Mineral Resources and Energy Department. [...]
After a study supported by the National Environmental Management Agency (NEMA) found that more than 50 percent of cattle near urban areas in Kenya were found to have plastic bags in their stomachs, the United Nations called out Kenya for the 100 million plastic bags given out from its supermarkets each year. Additionally, when plastic [...]
South Africa has the highest number of dangerous tailing dams—structures constructed, often by mining companies, to store waste in liquid form. The dams are considered hazardous if improperly handled and have resulted in environmental disasters and deaths many times around the world. Wider environmental hazards arising out of mining operations in South Africa, and elsewhere [...]
Durban just picked up an award as the Greenest City in the world - but when it rains the beaches look like plastic waste dumps Umgeni River Mouth, Durban. Source: Joshua Redman and Cameron Service, The Litterboom Project. eThekwini Municipality walked away with an award as being the Greenest City in the world. But while [...]