Eco Minute 13:30

BULLETIN 12 March 1:30 pm

Good afternoon, here is your Eco Minute:

# The South African Weather Service has confirmed the significant intensification of Tropical Storm Filipo, located between Madagascar and mainland southern Africa. Kevin Rae of the Weather Service warns of the storm’s potential hazards, include torrential rain, damaging winds exceeding 100 kilometres per hour, and a storm surge elevating sea levels by up to 50-centimetres. Filipo is expected to make landfall near Inhassoro in Mozambique, with risks of weather-related damage persisting throughout the week:

# The City of Tshwane says the study being done by the environmental non-governmental organisation, Planact, is important to understanding how heat manifests in the metro. Sixteen volunteer citizen scientists led by members of the NGO, recently visited several communities in Tshwane to do heat mapping. Planact project manager, Tazmin Hudson, says the plan is to use the data from each site to help the metro develop an effective plan to mitigate the effects of extreme heat in the future.

# And finally: The City of Cape Town says it is working hard to reduce the volume of waste that is sent to landfill sites and increase available landfill airspace before it reaches capacity. This is to deal with the increasing volumes of waste generated by Cape Town’s growing population. Mayoral committee member for Urban Waste Management, Grant Twigg, says currently available airspace for the city is predicted to run out by 2036, but the Design and Develop Airspace Project should be able to extend this by at least two years:

Stay tuned for more news………….