Maryke Foulds speaks to Cheri Scholtz of PETCO and Chris Els of Kaytech about ten years of recycling cooperation. Please give me some background on Kaytech and its involvement in the PET recycling industry Kaytech (originally Noel Hunt Geofabrics),...
The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) has announced that all PVC pipes manufactured in South Africa have to be free of heavy metals by July 2015. The technical committee of the SABS Standards Division has amended a series of standards to...
By Nicholas McDiarmid editor, IMIESA In a substantial pipeline upgrade project, Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality recently completed the replacement of more than 1.4 km of asbestos cement (AC) pipeline, which dated from the 1980s, with 560mm...
By Jaco van Niekerk, Department of Water Affairs: Construction The construction of the De Hoop Dam is at the heart of the Olifants River Water Resources Development Project (ORWRDP), which is intended to unlock economic potential in the region and...
Having begun their partnership in 2011, Kaytech is pleased to announce they have entrenched their relationship again with PETCO as a Category A partner, increasing the economically viable collection and recycling of post-consumer PET in South...
The local plastic recycling rate of 19.6% is set to increase with the help of SA’s first recycling centre locator app for smartphones from Tuffy brands. “Many South African’s don’t take the time to recycle mainly because they just don’t know where...
In a logistical feat, a large mining project in the Democratic Republic of Congo has received a total of seven modular water treatment plants – four to treat domestic sewage, and three for supplying drinking water – from Veolia Water Solutions...
During March the South African Revenue Service (SARS) Customs and Enforcement teams managed to prevent a substantial amount of illicit drugs, copper wire, illicit cigerettes and live scorpians from entering the country. During the same time it also...
The Polystyrene Council is driving a dynamic marketing and awareness campaign of its various charity projects to schools across Gauteng. According to PSPC Director, Adri Spangenberg, twenty new schools have committed themselves during the month of...
