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Tyre recycling
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Leachate control
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Waste to energy
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Electronic Waste
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Pollution
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Leachate containment critical on landfills
Carbon tax
Rolling out
Urban mining
Global climate mitigation – pie in the sky
Tyre recycling plan cleans up
Lucrative, but buy-in is essential
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Tackling environmental issues
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Regulars
Air pollution/CDM 3
President’s comment
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Editor’s comment
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IWMSA News
Global business remains far too carbon intensive
Hazardous waste E-waste awareness is low and
Solid waste
it is a growing challenge in SA
Tyre recycling plan: the next step in
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waste minimisation and recycling
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practices in Western Africa
Healthcare waste waste lies in training and research
Anton Hanekom chats with RĂŠSource about the recycling industry in SA
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CAIA: Managing the safe management
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of chemicals
Landfills
Wastewater
Leachate is one of the highest
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Water remains our most limited resource and, as such, it must be managed
Waste to energy
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Industry Opinion:
Sewage as a reliable supply
Protecting the environment in
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hazardous waste disposal
in association with infrastructure news
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Profile
Recycling
of energy
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The safe disposal of healthcare
Solid waste management
risks in landfills
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