CSIR | Infrastructure news - Part 2

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Plastic Recycling

A new era on the horizon for PET recycling

As major retailers and brand owners begin to feel the pressure to be more environmentally-conscious, one of the country’s leading food packaging producers has become the first in the PET thermoform plastics sector to join voluntary national...

Cheaper mode of transport unveiled in Gauteng

The Gauteng Department of Transport has added a new low cost mode of transport to its public transport mix. Speaking at the launch of the new cargo e-bike, MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi descried the new low cost entry into the transport...
G-Eco food waste

Keeping organic waste out of landfills

With only six years of municipal landfill airspace left, Johannesburg is staring down the barrel of a wheelie bin. While the city implements programmes to reduce reuse and recycle, industry experts ask: Are we doing enough to curb the amount of...
Semi Truck

More smart trucks make their way onto SA roads

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has commissioned five more smart trucks to AB InBev, as part of the national Smart Trucks pilot programme. This brings the total number of operational smart trucks in South Africa to more...

Smart Trucks: the best in transport

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has commissioned five more Performance-Based Standards (PBS) trucks, or Smart Trucks, as part of the national Smart Trucks pilot programme. The five new trucks for AB InBev bring the total...