Manufacturers of PVC pipes in South Africa have less than six months left to ensure that their products are compliant with the Southern African Bureau of Standards’ (SABS) ruling that all locally manufactured be free of heavy metals by July 2015....
Plastic, paper, and glass waste is packaging waste that is regarded as general waste. It therefore falls under Municipal duties and is disposed of in general landfill site mostly run by Municipalities. Municipal waste is currently the focus of...
A regional gold trophy and national finalist certificate have been awarded to water reticulation, drainage pipe and fitting systems manufacturer DPI Plastics, at the Productivity SA Awards. The awards aim to promote productivity within South...
An environmentally sustainable way to render the wood used in construction flame retardant has been developed at a New York University. Guided by Miriam Rafailovich, a professor in the Department of Materials Science at the Stony Brook University,...
We’ve all watched a video on Facebook and shared it with friends but none of us have won a share of R50 000 doing so. This is exactly what happened to nine lucky people who participated in the “A thousand Thank You’s” campaign by Polyco, the...
Swift action by members of the South African Plastics Industry and local environmental officials prevented what could have been an environmental disaster last week, after gale-force winds blew 23 containers off a cargo vessel, the Seroya Lima, as...
UK plastic piping and water management systems manufacturer Polypipe, has received approval under the South Africa Bureau of Standards (SABS) product certification scheme after a comprehensive audit and inspection process. To achieve SABS approval,...
Recent legislation promulgated in the United States has put caps in Massachusetts limiting the amount of food that goes to landfill. In South Africa and many other developing countries around the world no such cap exists, although these countries...
In recent years, the South African government has passed a series of laws which are fundamentally changing the landscape of the waste and recycling industry. These laws – the National Environmental Management: Waste Act and its amendments – have...
