The anaerobic digestion method by R Melamu*, A Lampard*, K Schafer* and H von Blottnitz* Waste paper can account for a considerable fraction of the municipal solid waste (MSW) stream. There is a limit to how much recycled fibre in paper can be used...
The latest statistics reveal that over 1.4 billion PET bottles are being recycled across South Africa, which equates close to 4 million bottles recycled every day. In addition, PETCO exceeded its PET plastic recycling rate for 2010 by 5 290 t....
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa, has announced that the next Central Branch training dates have been confirmed for 4 to 6 December 2012 at the Plastics SA, Training Centre, Midrand, Gauteng, with a site visit to the FG landfill...
Photo: DPI Plastics product manager, RenierSnyman DPI Plastics technical and product manager Renier Snyman points out that the company’s range of Ultraflo pipes are manufactured from modified polyvinyl chloride (mPVC), which is specifically...
Following the successful implementation of a pilot project that uses PVC pipe as bins for discarded fishing line along the Overberg’s Gansbaai shoreline, beaches on the Western, Northern and Eastern Cape coasts will soon have bins in which...
Plastics|SA has announced the names of the winning schools that entered its sixth annual Clean-Up & Recycle Competition.According to Douw Steyn, the company’s sustainability director, this year’s competition again attracted entries from across...
Cape Town is revising a pioneering programme that was meant to maintain and keep toilets clean and provide jobs. A pioneering programme to maintain and keep toilets clean in Khayelitsha has failed. As a result, each blockage diminishes the number...
Of the more than 14.5 million dwellings in South Africa, by far the majority are brick houses or concrete structures, according to the 2011 Census According to the document — a snapshot of the situation in the country on October 9 last year — there...
Motoring costs are rocketing from month to month with rising fuel and tyre costs, yet many motorists still ride around with underinflated tyres which contribute both to tyre wear and higher fuel costs, in addition badly underinflated tyres are a...
