by Sherwin Naicker, director, Cecor Allied Technologies On 3 June 2013, Cecor Allied Technologies became the first commercial autoclave treatment facility to process non-anatomical health care risk waste (HCRW) in Gauteng. This type of autoclave...
In 2008, Transnet Limited awarded the Veolia Water subsidiary, Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies South Africa, a contract to design, build and commission a new reverse osmosis desalination plant at its iron ore terminal situated at the Port...
The multimillion-rand Western Aqueduct project is back on track following this week’s announcement that Cycad Pipelines has been selected as the successful contractor for the initial 7 km sector of the water pipeline between Inchanga Station and...
A sensitive wetland project necessitated a solution with a minimal site footprint and little or no excavation – the perfect opportunity to utilise trenchless alternatives. Current legislation limits the degradation of environmentally sensitive...
The Southern African Society for Trenchless Technology (SASTT) is now 21 years old, and with age has come a certain maturity for the society, SASTT honorary director, Joop van Wamelen, tells Chantelle Mattheus. “Over the past year, I have had the...
South Africa’s new emission standards will have a significant impact in terms of requiring operators of the Section 21 listed activities to apply for Air Emissions Licences (AEL), according to SRK Consulting’s Durban-based principal Air Quality...
By Patrick Forbes, professional assistant: Litigation Department at Garlicke & Bousfield The recent publication of the Carbon Tax Policy Paper has once again ignited debate on the issue of a carbon tax across numerous sectors of society. This...
The basics behind the success of the popular hanging gardens at the Moyo restaurants in Cape Town are being studied by agronomy students at Stellenbosch University (SU) who are not only learning how to grow their own vertical aquaponics systems,...
Collect-a-Can’s Cash for Cans initiative safeguards the livelihood of thousands of unemployed South Africans. Zimasa Velaphi, public relations and marketing manager of Collect-a-Can, encourages those that are unemployed and in particular unemployed...
