by Arish Sohan, laboratory analyst, and Jody Naicker, technical assistant, Talbot & Talbot Laboratories. Any form of wastewater produced from process operations such as manufacturing and agriculture are referred to as “Industrial wastewater”....
Waste management company Viridor and plastics recycler ECO Plastics have entered into a multimillion pound deal that will see Viridor supply ECO Plastics with 10 000 tonnes of plastic bottles this year. The two companies announced their 12 month...
Scottish businesses face the possibility of being fined if they do not comply with new recycling laws. The Waste (Scotland) Regulations stipulate that Scottish businesses had to begin presenting paper, card, plastic, glass and metals separately for...
The US Environmental Protection Agency has honoured Richard Wool with its Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for his extensive work in developing bio-based materials to support green energy infrastructure. Wool, a professor of chemical...
Bill and Melinda Gates’s competition to produce a high-tech toilet for the developing world has been questioned by toilet experts. An environmental engineer and an NGO worker have criticised the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for funding the...
Degrémont South Africa, a locally based subsidiary of Suez Environnement, has carried out more than 100 projects in South Africa since 1968. Recently, a touch of French flair was added to the local contingent when Remy Jaffray joined the South...
Small Wastewater Treatment Works Suppliers Association (SEWPACKSA) past chairman Karl Juncker has highlighted the significant accomplishments of the association since its inception in 2010. Speaking at the SEWPACKSA AGM held recently, Juncker said...
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa is proud to announce that it has a new patron member, M and L Laboratory Services (Pty) Ltd, growing the total to 19 members.
Plastics|SA, the coordinator of South African volunteers participating in the annual International Coastal Clean-Up (ICC), has just released the results for the Cape Provinces of the 28th International Coastal Clean Up which took place on the 21st...
