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- Deputy minister splashes out on Porsche 11 Dec 2009 10:10 GMT
... By Siyabonga Mkhwanazi Political Bureau Deputy Correctional Services Minister Hlengiwe ... a vehicle provided by the Department of Transport up until the end of July at ... the point is that it is a waste of tax payers money. Have you ever ...
- Commissioning according to planned schedule 10 Dec 2009 23:19 GMT
... The Goedgevonden coal mine, in Mpumalanga province, is being ... processing plant, a water recovery system, a waste disposal system, two product stackers and a ... to be effective, agreement from South African transport utilities Transnet and Transnet Freight Rail was ...
- Popularity plays no role in docu picks 10 Dec 2009 23:13 GMT
... This unsettling and unsavory investigation of America's food industry ... by globalization. Verite footage captures Cairo's largest garbage village, where trash-pickers, known as Zabaleen, make ... Zabaleen, make a living by hand-sorting and recycling up to 80% of the city's refuse. ...
- Tightening legislation sees significant growth '©in waste handling sector 10 Dec 2009 22:51 GMT
... The South African hazardous waste management market is 
experiencing rapid growth owing ... growth owing to tightening legislation related to waste collection, transportation and disposal. Environmental inspectors have been pressuring waste-generating companies ...
- Cape Town firm pioneers production of biodiesel from waste cooking oil, chicken fat 10 Dec 2009 22:19 GMT
... A Cape Town-based renewable-energy company, BioGreen Diesel, is currently pioneering ... Diesel, is currently pioneering the conversion of waste cooking oil into a less expensive, pollution-free ... of using a biodesel blend to fuel transport trucks. By using a biodiesel/diesel mix, Pick ...
- Are we ready for the World Cup? 10 Dec 2009 22:12 GMT
... Since I hate soccer with a passion, I would have a ... cash spent is about R9,6-billion allocated for transport projects and R8,4-billion for the construction of ... the latter, we have seen, are a waste of money with no specific result. But ...
- Hand over used phones for recycling 10 Dec 2009 21:54 GMT
... Seeking to lessen pollution in Uganda, Nokia, the world’s largest ... “expired” phones to hand them over for recycling. Ms Dorothy Ooko, the Nokia communications manager ... among manufacturing corporations, which are scrambling for waste as a source of raw materials to ...
- Inside story: Nuclear's next generation 10 Dec 2009 17:33 GMT
... Inside story: A group of six new blueprints for nuclear power ... do something about the growing stock of nuclear waste in indefinite temporary storage. These new priorities favour new ...
- 12-10-09 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE... 10 Dec 2009 15:56 GMT
... TYLER PERRY'S MOM DIES: Filmmaker announced news on his Web ... partner. You need it to flush the waste products your body makes when it breaks ... it processes protein. You need it to transport nutrients to your muscles. You need it ...
- Interview with Nikhil Jain, Clean Green Guy 10 Dec 2009 14:10 GMT
... One of the industries which has seen a lot of activity ... water treatment facilities, intra-township agriculture, and the recycling of human waste into things such as fertilizer. As my ...
- Speech: Energy in a Global Environment Mission of Japan to the EU - Commissioner Piebalgs' address to Japanese Compan 10 Dec 2009 11:31 GMT
... Member of the European Commission responsible for Energy Figures and graphics ... a strategy to "de-carbonise" the electricity and transport sectors by 2050. But this is a ... as concerns safety and the disposal of waste. It remains the case that Member States ...
- SPCA in carcass crackdown 10 Dec 2009 10:11 GMT
... By Alex Eliseev and Jennifer Bruce SPCA societies across South Africa ... been told to observe strict protocol when disposing of dead animals - including an instruction ... people were still scavenging on the animal waste, and old piles of rotting carcasses remained ...
- Climate trash talking 10 Dec 2009 04:37 GMT
... Independent international trash committee wants global garbage issue to be addressed by COP 15 ... the COP15 climate summit. The International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) is urging the COP 15 players ...
- Andris Piebalgs Member of the European Commission responsible for Energy Energy in a Global Environment Mission of Japan to the EU - Commissioner Piebalgs' address to Japanese Companies Brussels, 8 December 2009 9 Dec 2009 17:53 GMT
... Member of the European Commission responsible for Energy Figures and graphics ... a strategy to "de-carbonise" the electricity and transport sectors by 2050. But this is a ... as concerns safety and the disposal of waste. It remains the case that Member States ...
- The importance of clean coal technologies 9 Dec 2009 14:10 GMT
... With growing public concern about global warming and climate change, ... mining like coal stockpiling, coal washing and waste disposal and activities at user end like ash ...
- Recycling Discarded Flip-Flops 8 Dec 2009 15:50 GMT
... The once-pristine Nyongo Sharif beach along Kenya's northern coast, ... unlikely dumping ground for the world's plastic garbage. But the Somali upwelling, a powerful current, ... “Tons and tons and tons of plastic waste, including flip-flops, flow down rivers and clog drainage ...
- 2010 World Cup teams move to cut down on gas emissions 8 Dec 2009 09:16 GMT
... Football - As the climate talks gain momentum in Copenhagen and ... goals for the environment in 2010. Tackling transport is central to greening the World Cup, ... at World Cup venues, the clean-up of waste hot spots in Mangaung, education programmes on ...
- World Cup nations team up against climate change 8 Dec 2009 06:51 GMT
... As climate talks began in Copenhagen on Monday, key football ... goals for the environment in 2010. Tackling transport is central to greening the World Cup, ... at World Cup venues, the cleanup of waste hot spots in Mangaung, education programs on ...
- Killer traffic jam delays fans for hours 7 Dec 2009 14:50 GMT
... It was one of the biggest music concerts of 2009, and although ... the gridlock was Denis Lillie, the provincial Transport Department's 2010 project director. He had been ... to motorists/fans. I am not going to waste my time asking these incompetent shysters for ...
- SA's World Cup challenges 7 Dec 2009 14:50 GMT
... Reuters have compiled a list of challenges SA faces as ... last June about the key issues of transport and accommodation capacity for the World Cup. ... comments to justify their chosen path? Dont waste your energy trying to talk sense to ...
- Climate summit opens amid warning, hope 7 Dec 2009 13:57 GMT
... (IANS) The UN climate summit, on whose decisions the future of ... quarter of Indians believe in recycling consumer waste and saving electricity. "They believe that the ... the government should invest in improving public transport systems and that there should be government ...
- Leather shoes spread environmental toxicants 7 Dec 2009 06:53 GMT
... When we use ordinary leather shoes, there is a risk that ... our bodies or leach out of the waste shoes in landfills into soil and groundwater. These ... and various other chemicals. It also generates solid waste in the form of contaminated sewage sludge ...
- A company that helped build modern Korea 6 Dec 2009 19:34 GMT
... A company that helped build modern Korea Daelim built some of ... builders, according to the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, and it has been ... innovation. The plans called for lowering construction waste by 20 percent and energy consumption by ...
- Wasteman may have to close incinerator 5 Dec 2009 23:37 GMT
... The Green Scorpions served Wasteman with a pre-compliance notice late ... by the Ekurhuleni municipality after dumping hazardous waste in 2007; and Nedbank, which facilitated a ... who allegedly had a Wasteman contract to transport medical waste from Durban to Klerksdorp, has ...
- Climate change: Guide to the hottest subject on earth 5 Dec 2009 12:10 GMT
... Climate is different from weather. It is a long-term (usually ... replacing fossil fuels by renewable sources, cutting waste of energy, recycling, increasing forest cover to absorb more carbon ...
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