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Sustainable waste management: an attainable goal

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BACK ROW - from left to right:  Kgauta Mokoena ( Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment),  Scott Ferguson  (Mpact Recycling)  Bala Nengovhela  (SALGA),  Professor Johann Gorgens  (Stellenbosch University) FRONT ROW - from left to right:  Bukelwa Velebayi-Njingolo  (Pikitup),  Terry van der Walt  (Nampak),  Edith Leeta,  CEO of Fibre Circle,  Sunita Kalan  (Dept of Science and Innovation),  Professor Kevin Harding  (Wits University).    All participated in the first public-private sector liquid board packaging (LBP) colloquium hosted by Fibre Circle Public-private sector investment is desperately needed to ensure that South Africa’s municipalities can modernise and acquire waste processing facilities to divert waste from landfill. The City of Johannesburg alone estimates its investment need in this critical infrastructure to be about R3 billion, according to its Managing Director...