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11-17 of 17 for the Category : Waste & Pollution and the Subcategory : Recycling & RecoveryPlastics
( Article Type: Explanation )
Plastics are synthetic substances, which can be moulded and formed when soft and then set.
Read more about PlasticsRecycling
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Recycling is the process whereby any discarded products and materials that have been reclaimed or recovered are refined, reprocessed and converted into new or different products.
Read more about RecyclingSanitation
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Sanitation encompasses a number of different issues that address the need to safely dispose of the waste products from human activities without irreversible harm to the natural environment.
Read more about SanitationUsed Oil
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In South Africa, about 82 million litres of used oil is collected per annum. Unless recovered, this used oil poses a serious hazard to the environment and to the country's groundwater resources in particular.
Read more about Used OilWaste Management
( Article Type: Overview )
Waste management in South Africa is based on the principles of the White Paper on Integrated Pollution and Waste Management (IP&WM) and the National Waste Management Strategy (NWMS) published by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism in
Read more about Waste ManagementWater and Water Pollution
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Water is a fugitive natural resource, changing between solid, liquid and gaseous forms that are linked via the hydrological cycle (see Figure 1) that move freely in time and space. Planet Earth is the only known place where water occurs in liquid for
Read more about Water and Water PollutionZero Waste
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'Zero Waste is a goal that is both pragmatic and visionary, to guide people to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where all discarded materials are resources for others to use.'
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