Union Tiles has used JoJo Tanks to manufacture cost effective, environmentally friendly tiles.
As handmade terrazzo tiles enjoy a global surge in popularity, Union Tiles, one of the largest independent tile distributors and manufacturers in South Africa, decided to install an onsite water recycling system at their Bedfordview factory. “The manufacture of terrazzo tiles is a water-intensive process. They are pressed, cured, then polished through a diamond polishing procedure. Most of the water is used to polish the tiles with diamond abrasives. After pressing, the tiles have a cement finish and are sent through a linear diamond polisher, which polishes the face of the tile and exposes the marble stone within the tile. Water is used in the process to polish the tiles up to a high shine and gloss,” explains Union Tiles production manager, Warren Calvey.![](https://infrastructurenews.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1-300x198.jpg)
The JoJo Tanks play a key role in ensuring that the tiles are cost effective and environmentally friendly. “The terrazzo tile is a completely natural product, with a green footprint. “Without this recycling system, the tiles would not be cost effective to manufacture ore environmentally friendly due to the large volumes of water used in their manufacture. We use 30, 5 000 litre JoJo Tanks that are operational in the factory alone that are drawn to their daily capacity. It is an effective, cost-efficient system,” says Calvey.
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