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“A can of worms”: Aerosol waste within the context of EPR, some insight from South Africa

Author: Muswema, Aubrey P ; Oelofse, Suzanna HH Date: Oct 2022 According to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations, the paper and packaging sector needs to prepare EPR schemes for management of their end-of-life products. The aerosol sector recognises that aerosols present somewhat different ... Read more
The changing face of waste management – considerations when conducting a waste characterisation study

Author: Oelofse, Suzanna HH ; Muswema, Aubrey P ; Koen, Renée Date: Oct 2016 Changing the face of waste management in South Africa, includes waste diversion from landfill to alternative management options. There are a number of interventions to consider which may vary from very low tech, labour intensive solutions to ... Read more
Co-operatives as a development mechanism to support job creation and sustainable waste management in South Africa

Author: Godfrey, Linda K ; Muswema, Aubrey P ; Strydom, Wilma F ; Mamafa, Thembelihle M ; Mapako, Maxwell Date: Jun 2017 South Africa, as with most African countries, is facing the reality of limited economic growth, high levels of poverty and increasing unemployment. At the same time, waste generation is growing, especially in urban centres across Africa, ... Read more
Cooperatives in waste and recycling: A recipe for failed waste hierarchy implementation?

Author: Muswema, Aubrey P ; Okem, A ; Blottnitz, H ; Oelofse, Suzanna HH Date: Oct 2018 In post-apartheid South Africa, cooperatives appear to be the government’s SMME model for driving job creation. Unfortunately, the mortality rates of cooperatives in all sectors is very high with a reported 12% survival rate of cooperatives ... Read more
Cooperatives in waste and recycling: A recipe for failed waste hierarchy implementation?

Author: Muswema, Aubrey P ; Okem, A ; Blottnitz, H ; Oelofse, Suzanna HH Date: Oct 2018 In post-apartheid South Africa, cooperatives appear to be the government’s SMME model for driving job creation. Unfortunately, the mortality rates of cooperatives in all sectors is very high with a reported 12% survival rate of cooperatives ... Read more
Estimating water losses as a result of food waste in South Africa

Author: Oelofse, Suzanna HH ; Muswema, Aubrey P Date: Sep 2013 Globally there are sufficient land and water resources to produce food over the next 50 years, but only if water for agriculture is better managed (Molden, 2007). Water is a critical and strategic natural resource in South Africa. It is ... Read more
The formal South African Waste Sector: Its contribution to the economy, employment and innovation

Author: Godfrey, Linda K ; Strydom, W ; Muswema, Aubrey P ; Oelofse, Suzanna HH ; Roman, H ; Mange, M Date: Oct 2014 The South African waste sector survey for 2012 was undertaken by the CSIR on behalf of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), and provides a good understanding of the ‘core’ of the formal waste sector (waste companies), and insight ... Read more
Household food waste disposal in South Africa: A case study of Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni

Author: Oelofse, Suzanna HH ; Muswema, Aubrey P ; Ramukhwatho, Fhumulani R Date: May 2018 Food waste is becoming an important issue in light of population growth and global food security concerns. However, data on food wastage are limited, especially for developing countries. Global estimates suggest that households in developed ... Read more
Impacts of severe weather events on implementing the waste hierarchy - the case of Ethekwini metropolitan municipality

Author: Muswema, Aubrey P ; Chetty, P ; Okem, P ; Oelofse, Suzanna HH Date: Oct 2018 This case study is an overview investigating the interaction between severe weather incidents and solid waste management. The study seeks to understand how extreme weather events affect the implementation of the waste hierarchy (an approach ... Read more
Implementing small, and medium enterprises (SME) waste and recycling programmes

Author: Muswema, Aubrey P ; Oelofse, Suzanna HH Date: Oct 2016 Municipalities face the challenge of how to manage their waste, in an environment where other priorities like water, housing and electricity are competing for funding from municipal budgets. Management should include avoidance or prevention ... Read more
"Implementing the waste hierarchy" -Assessing recycling potential of restaurant waste

Author: Matinise, Sihle N ; Roos, C ; Oelofse, Suzanna HH ; Muswema, Aubrey P Date: Oct 2018 Long working hours, the growing middle class, the increased participation of women in the labour force as well as the convenience offered by restaurants have greatly accelerated the growth of the commercial food service sector across the world ... Read more
Multi-criteria analysis for sustainable decision making: Opportunities for waste and recycling SMMEs (including cooperatives) in KwaZulu-Natal

Author: Muswema, Aubrey P ; Oelofse, Suzanna HH ; Nahman, Anton ; Forsyth, Gregory ; Stafford, William HL ; Mapako, M ; Buthelezi, N ; Matinise, Sihle N ; Polasi, Letlotlo T ; Schoeman, C ; Manavhela, V Date: 2022 This paper reports on a study for the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs (EDTEA) by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to identify and maximize opportunities in the ... Read more
SMMEs and stakeholder contribution to a Green Economy in KZN: Towards a guideline for municipalities

Author: Muswema, Aubrey P ; Oelofse, Suzanna HH Date: Mar 2021 SMMEs (including cooperatives, PTY Ltd, Close Corporations) are viewed as a significant driver of job opportunities and economic value creation; in the context of green economy, these value propositions would entail diverting waste away from ... Read more
The state of innovation in the South African waste sector

Author: Godfrey, Linda K ; Strydom, W ; Muswema, Aubrey P ; Oelofse, Suzanna HH ; Roman, H ; Mange, M Date: Sep 2014 The results of the first South African Waste Sector Survey shows that landfilling remains the main technology option for the management of waste in South African, with 90% of all waste generated, disposed of to landfill. However, the results ... Read more
Transitioning from conventional plastic to more sustainable alternative materials: Evidence from South Africa

Author: Oelofse, Suzanna HH ; Nahman, Anton ; Russo, Valentina ; Stafford, William HL ; Muswema, Aubrey P ; Mathew, Maya J ; Muniyasamy, Sudhakar Date: Oct 2022 The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in partnership with UNIDO and the University of the Witwatersrand, with funding from the Japanese government, undertook research to identify and implement opportunities for sustainable ... Read more
Understanding the South African waste sector: The economic and employment opportunities it provides

Author: Godfrey, Linda K ; Strydom, W ; Muswema, Aubrey P ; Oelofse, Suzanna HH ; Roman, H ; Mange, M Date: Oct 2014 The results of the South African Waste Sector Survey (for 2012) show that the formal waste sector employs a minimum of 29,833 people. The majority of these employees are situated within large enterprises (77.5% of private waste sector employees) ... Read more
Wrestling with empowerment: a BBBEE (Enterprise Development) case study and model for the waste sector from Durban

Author: Muswema, Aubrey P Date: Oct 2012 Small business, including small, medium and micro-sized enterprises (SMMEs), is seen as the corner stone of economic development in South Africa, with reported contributions of up to 42% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The South African ... Read more
Wrestling with IWMP implementation: case study challenges and lessons learnt

Author: Muswema, Aubrey P Date: Oct 2012 Integrated Waste Management Planning (IWMP) was recognised as a short-term strategy initiative for the public and private sector in the National Waste Management Strategy as far back as 1999 (DEAT, 1999). Ten years later, through the Waste ... Read more

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