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Sustainability Consulting Round-Up: Best of Our Blog from September 2019
We try to post a new blog at least once a week, just to share our insights into the world of sustainability strategy and what it takes to be a sustainability consultant or professional today. Here are our most-read posts from September.
Nigeria generated 461,300 tonnes of e-waste in 2019UN – Punch
Ife Ogunfuwa Nigeria has led the West African region to generate 461,300 tonnes of electronic waste in 2019, a new report by the United Nations has said.According to the UN Global e-waste monitor 2020 published on Thursday, the country is still heavily reliant on informal recycling of e-waste despite…
Biobased Industries Role Under the EU Circular Economy Action Plan –
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Lost City, Mitchells Plain: Where children collect scra…
Ward 99 consists of Hyde Park in Mitchells Plain and parts of Khayelitsha. The neglected state of Hyde Park, in Tafelsig, validates its status as the Lost City. Mitchells Plain is a sprawling Cape Town suburb whose inhabitants range from the middle class to the poorest of the poor. In the Hyde Park area of Mitchells Plain residents grapple with a lack of infrastructure, housing and rampant crime. Hyde Park, Freedom Park and parts of Tafelsig are referred to as Lost City. Hyde Park presents a poverty pattern that has remained largely unchanged for years. The only significant improvement, voters said, is the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) homes built between 2008 and 2010.