Community-led solutions to waste challenges: Lessons from KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa’s waste crisis is not experienced evenly, and neither are its solutions. A new DGMT-commissioned study by the Institute of Natural Resources examines how solid waste management plays out in two very different contexts: the rural village of Sambane in KwaZulu-Natal and the Quarry Road informal settlement in eThekwini. Through participatory research, pilot recycling […]
Op-ed: Waste reclaimers do recycling’s heavy lifting with little reward
Every day, South Africans generate more waste than our landfills can manage. Roughly 10% of the waste we produce is recycled, and at this rate, landfills are filling up fast. Not to mention, many are not complying with rules and regulations, which is bad for the environment. The waste piling up in these landfills could […]