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Endorsed by the Packaging Council of South Africa (PACSA),the conference promises to exceed your expectations. It’s sure to be one of the most exciting and informative Conferences with expert speakers who will contribute to a rich and interesting programme.

Some of the topics to be addressed are: closing the loop in recycling,formalising reclaiming in the waste sector, separation at source of waste recycling, importance of recycling Polystyrene, Industry waste management plan, Plastics recycling – does it make environmental sense!. The programme will also be filled with case studies of various recycling and waste initiatives.

Some of the expert speakers will be:Zakhele Mdlalose from Department of Trade and Industry,Dr Suzan Oelofse from Council for Scientific and Industrial Research; Shabeer Jhetam from Glass Recycling Company, Bertie Lourens from WastePlan, Adri Spangenberg from Polystyrene Packaging Council; Douw Steyn from Plastic Federation of South Africa, Cheri Scholtz from PETCO, Gregory Masoka from Collect-A-Can, Wilma Strydom, CSIR,Juan- Mari Davies from Veolia Environmental Services;

Delegates will find the conference informative, interactive with a variety of educational sessions geared to their interests. The Conference will allow you networking time with fellow colleagues in the waste and recycling sector from both the private sector and government.

You will meet landfill site operators, waste facility managers, recycling coordinators, waste generators and recyclers, recycling
managers, collectors, landfill managers, environmental managers, waste entrepreneurs, manufacturers, municipal and government officials in recycling and waste.

Do not miss this event as it will cover key issues in the waste and recycling stream, so register now to secure your seat by emailing the registration form to info.mogorosicom @gmail.com. Alternatively, you can contact us on 011 492 2298. You can also fax us your registration form on 011 492 2288.

Start Date: 2011-03-23
End Date: 2011-03-25

Contact us if you’d like to get involved
Date: 2011-03-12

The Chief Directorate: Pollution and Waste Management is proud to announce that the Department of Environmental Affairs is planning to conduct (9) provincial road shows on the tentative dates listed below.

The Minister recently hosted the 1st Waste Management Officers Conference the 15-16 September 2010, the Waste Khoro, which targeted mainly government participants namely; national government departments, provincial departments of local government and environment as well as local government. The Department would like to take this time and thank you for your participation and contribution to this historical event. The next plan is to have provincial road shows which will aim at popularising the Waste Act, as well as give the Department a platform to engage with the wider stakeholders on the different provisions of the Waste Act. This process will enhance the smooth implementation of the Act as well as create awareness on the Act.

The Waste Act came into effect on 1 July 2009 and the Department is taking this opportunity to create awareness, share information with the general public and involve the media extensively in profiling the Act.

For further enquiries please call Sydney Mokumo or Nonhlanhla Zungu at Litha Communications on
011 480 4887 or 480 4922 or email info@lithacommunications.co.za

Title: Rocking the Gardens
Location: Emmarentia Dam, Johannesburg
Link out: Click here
Description: Music & Lifestyle festival

Emmarentia Dam, Johannesburg

SA climate change leadership award winners, 2010

3 Stages, 2 days 1 night

Main Stage:

Saturday
11:00 Rambling Bones
12:00 Newtown
13:00 The Jack Mantis Band
14:00 Wrestlerish
15:00 Napalma
16:00 Tidal Waves
17:00 The Dirty Skirts
18:00 Jesse Clegg
19:00 Prime Circle
20:00 Zebra & Giraffe
21:00 New Young Pony Club (UK)

Sunday
11:00 Farryl Purkiss
12:00 City Bowl Mizers
13:00 Kolo Novo Movie Band
14:00 The Idan Raichel Project (Isreal)
15:00 Hotwater
16:00 Flash Republic
17:00 Springbok Nude Girls

Botanic Beat Boutique: Electronic Music Tent – Sat 10 am – 10 pm

El Gordo
Joint Nation
Jullian Gomes
Sisco
Funafuji
DJ Danger Ingozi
Kriger
Kid Fonque

Willow Tree Theatre: Comedy and performance

Performance times TBC

Pete Johanssen (Canada)
Dave Levinsohn
Tshepo Mogale
Robby Collins
Vittorio Leonardi
Warren Robertson
Ndumiso Lindi
Don Packett
Conrad Koch
Shaun Wewege
Alyn Adams
More acts TBC

Rocking the Gardens, extension to South Africa’s much loved music and lifestyle festival, Rocking the Daisies is back for its second year. After a highly successful first instalment this year promises to be even bigger, better, happier, funnier, more colourful, more exciting and definitely more entertaining.

With 2 music stages, a green village, chill-out lounges and gourmet restaurants there will never be a lack of something to do. Not to mention our performance theatre and top SA and international comedy, day care, the ladies only Daisy Den and everything else that keeps us playing hard while treading lightly.

Gates open at 10am both days, first act starts at 11am

Full weekend:
• Presale Online – R230
• Gate – R280
Saturday
• Presale Online – R150
• Gate – R200
Sunday
• Presale Online – R100
• Gate – R120

Book tickets now at www.rockingthegardens.com or www.webtickets.co.za

Register with Nokia Music Store (music.nokia.co.za) before you buy your festival ticket online and receive a FREE official festival tee shirt! Limited numbers available.

Win Tickets by visiting our mobile site: SMS RTG to 33415 to check out festival line-up, wallpaper downloads, a map to the event, ticket information and much, much more! SMS’s cost R1.50, T&C apply.

Sponsors

Old Mutual
Nokia Ovi
Windhoek Draught
Vuzu
MK
Levi’s®
Jose Cuervo

WWF
Food and Trees for Africa
Johannesburg City Parks

Same rocking vibe. Same weekend. Difference city.
**Rocking the Daisies, Cape Town, 8-10 October**
www.rockingthedaisies.com
Start Date: 2010-10-09
Start Time: 10:00
End Date: 2010-10-10
End Time: 19:00

Emmissions Tax Bulletin Aug 2010.doc

The Giant Match Project:

This new and unique show was initiated in the context of the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup. Set in Johannesburg over a period of six weeks between 28 April and 10 June, the creative residency involved over one hundred South African artists from underprivileged communities and 17 artists from the French collective Les Grandes Personnes. The project consisted first of a writing workshop during which the artists revisited Romeo & Juliet and adapted this universal story to their very own South African background, then followed a creative workshop which saw the making of giant puppets, characters and objects fitting in the story. Tailor-made on the scale of South African townships and neighbourhoods, this larger-than-life show toured South Africa for a month between 11 June and 11 July and was performed in public spaces and communities in Gauteng and beyond.

Since then the show has already been invited to take part in the framework of various events including the Bastille Day festivities in Kigali, Rwanda, BASA Awards Ceremony in Johannesburg, activations for the Danone Nation’s cup in Gauteng…

Street theatre seems particularly well fitted to South Africa, as it provides an opportunity to claim back public spaces and bring visual and performing arts together in areas in which they are seldom seen.

While still at Be Green, our good friend Rudi from Green Planet Recycling organised that the puppets were made from their plastic. The puppets are 100% recycled plastic and he organised and sponsored it. A big thumbs up to him!

Check out their websites: http://www.giantmatch.org.za/ &  http://www.gprecycling.co.za