plastic | Infrastructure news - Part 88

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e-waste

Strict regulations will grow e-waste recycling

The global electronic recycling market is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 23.06% from 2013 to 2019. The global electronic recycling market was valued at $9.84 billion (R107 billion) in 2012. Despite the clear benefits of...
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Pressure filters in wastewater treatment

Water Purification Chemicals & Plant – WPCP – multidisciplinary water treatment specialists, manufactures a range of pressure filters, designed for the removal of suspended solids and other impurities from water and wastewater in industrial and...

Gearing up for Power-Gen-Africa

Next month Cape Town plays host to what is fast becoming sub-Saharan Africa’s leading event dedicated to the power generation industry. Over 2,000 industry heavyweights will descend on the Mother City from 17 – 19 March to discuss current and...
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Toxic waste: options for treatment and disposal

The term toxic waste is widely used and difficult to define. For easy reference it should include substances which are harmful to life and the environment ie poisonous, radioactive, flammable, explosive, corrosive, carcinogenic, mutagenic, and...
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SABS making PVC pipes heavy metal free

The South African Bureau of Standards’ (SABS) has announcement that all PVC pipes manufactured in South Africa have to be free of heavy metals by July 2015. The technical committee of the SABS Standard Division has amended a series of standards to...

SAPPMA and SAICE sign cooperation MoU

South Africa’s plastic pipe industry facilitator, the Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (SAPPMA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE). According to...

NewElec’s PMPT technology benefits CNC equipment

NewElec’s PMPT technology is ideal for the production of customised plastic electronic housings using computer-controlled manufacturing equipment. The process is quick, flexible and cost effective without the need for tools or moulds. Prototyping...
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Dealing with drainage

At the beginning of 2012, construction commenced on Phase 2B of the augmentation of Pretoria’s Moreleta Spruit Outfall Sewer network. The City of Tshwane contracted Aurecon, a global engineering company, to design and plan this substantial project....