The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) recently held the second National Investigative Project Showdown for South African universities’ civil engineering departments in Johannesburg. The civil engineering university research and...
As the expression goes, ‘waste not, want not’. By using resources sparsely and knowing what can be recycled, we can all contribute to a cleaner and healthier environment. The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) gives helpful...
The City of Cape Town’s new recyclable exchange platform has been upgraded and is already connecting a number of businesses who now make use of each other’s waste products. The Integrated Waste Exchange (IWEX) service, which is now smoother,...
Mpact’s R350-million state-of-the-art polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling operation in Wadeville, Germiston, which produces recycled PET (rPET) plastic for food grade packaging, recently announced that its recycling process complies with...
Manufacturers and suppliers to the infrastructure sector are taking matters into their own hands by investing in back-up power to mitigate extrusion production losses caused by load shedding and general power failures. DPI Plastics, a leading...
The City of Cape Town has been hard hit by utility infrastructure theft losing R30 million between July and December 2015. The Water and Sanitation Department has been the worst hit thus far, with losses of R17 295 345 incurred through stolen water...
The creation of South Africa’s first ‘green city’ is the result of the largest mixed-use precinct ever to be built in Tshwane. With the construction of Menlyn Maine, the traditionally residential suburb of Menlyn in Pretoria East has undergone a...
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is the type of plastic, identifiable by the ‘1’ code usually on the bottom of the product, used to make rigid packaging, including bottles. It is completely recyclable and completely safe. The following video,...
More than the sum of their parts, Tristan Wiggill considers the value of pallets in the supply chain. While major retail groups like SPAR and Pick ‘n Pay are arguably the biggest users of pallets in South Africa, there are also a number of smaller...
