In a bid to invest in the South African plastic pipe market, Marley Pipe Systems has successfully acquired the assets of Petzetakis Africa, the South African based pipe producer, which were placed into liquidation a while back. Marley’s journey to...
Pictured: Caterpillar fields three trencher models in its work tool line-up: optional cutting widths for all three models are 152, 203, 254 and 305 mm to suit site specific applications For North West contractor, Aquanic Environmental Services...
Introducing Knot’s Dump Solid waste disposal in countries across Africa poses a huge problem. Unfortunately, environmental damage from solid waste is increasing at an alarming rate. To address this issue in its own small landlocked country,...
Pictured: A team of engineers and electricians worked around the clock to fix a damaged 66kV oil-filled cable along Elgin Road in Kempton Park which has led to consumers being without supply for three days. Residents of Van Riebeeck Park, Terenure,...
Although incineration is not synonymous with waste-to-energy, of late it has become more appropriate to replace the word incineration with waste-to-energy, because, in part, of a prevalent negative connotation associated with the word – but also...
The construction of the 1 200 t/d Electron Road Waste Transfer Station by eThekwini Municipality to serve the Durban area is almost 70% complete, Durban Solid Waste (DSW) Marc Wright tells Chantelle Mattheus. “This new waste management facility is...
Pictured: Minister of Water Affairs, Edna Molewa The Strategic Water Partners Network – South Africa (SWPN-SA) is developing a “No Drop” Programme, building on the successful Department of Water Affairs Green Drop and Blue Drop programmes, to...
The uMhlatuze Municipality project, which recently won a CMA award ,involved the installation of 8 470of Rocla’s Ventilated Improved Double-Pit (VIDP) toilets, which were assembled using precast concrete panels. Chantelle Mattheus unpacks the...
Pictured: Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg:Mpho Parks Tau Johannesburg has been described as “the place that stimulated the search for the possibilities of freedom”. This city has always attracted free thinkers, revolutionaries,...
