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Virtually every industry in the world anticipates sweeping systemic transformation over the next decade in their strategic planning, production practices, and business models, according to the Sustainability Survey Poll on Water. 1. Educate to change consumption and lifestyles The Department of mining might not be the only government body that does not have a plan to ensure clean drinking water to all South Africans. The attitude of the department of mining is possibly the truth but is would be due to negligence and short sightedness. Acid mine drainage is a global phenomena and is in [...] Few South African are able to even imagine how dependent our daily live are on water, the liquids we buy in little plastic bottles and the fluid that flows from our taps when we shower, bath, brew our tee or coffee, clean laundry, and wet the gardens. This is the “stuff” I am talking about.
It is coming up to six months that the Department of Water Affair has been avoiding facing up to a challenge that could be South Africa’s biggest environmental disaster ever. An environmental disaster that could cripple the economic hub of Africa, not to mention the millions that inhabit Johannesburg. It has not only been 6 months that [...] Many South Africans are not aware that our popular laundry detergents are polluting the environment. This is not because we are reckless or intentionally waste the laundry soap. Rather this is because the popular washing powder manufactures continue to add useless chemicals, that we the consumer pay for, that do not aid a clean wash. What [...] Local technology at its best could save thousands of South African from disease by filtering polluted water at source. This extract from IOL Cloete is Stellenbosch University’s dean of science, and the teabag is [...] After reaping the benefits of delving for gold in some of the worlds richest gold fields, slew mining operators want to shift environmental responsibilities onto the government. Were these environmental responsibilities to be shifted to the government legislation would be allowing mine operators to rape and pillage an area without needing to take responsibility for the [...] Phosphate, a basic element that is readily used in cleaning detergents to soften water to allow a foamy wash might get the boot. This is after Water and Environmental Affairs Minister, Buyelwa Sonjica gave her support to go phosphate free (zero-P) There is a misconception that the addition of phosphate to washing power aids in drawing out [...] On reading this article published by the Daily Dispatch it struck me that there may be much truth in what this conman was leading people to believe. The Buffalo City Municipality is still and have been in dire straights over the past few months over water shortages. The reality of dirty water might not be a [...] |
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