South Africa continues to record a gradual increase in the annual recycling of PVC products. Despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic on the industry, the recycling rate of vinyl products increased by 9.5 % in 2020. The following year...
The importance of water and protecting our valuable water resources will once again be highlighted this year as we celebrate World Water Week, which will take place this year from 20-26 March 2023. World Water Day, which was established in 1993 to...
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...
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...
The basics behind the success of the popular hanging gardens at the Moyo restaurants in Cape Town are being studied by agronomy students at Stellenbosch University (SU) who are not only learning how to grow their own vertical aquaponics systems,...
DPI Plastics – a leading manufacturer of water reticulation, drainage and pipe-fitting systems in South Africa – is due to begin production of its new 630 mm bore PVC pipes in July 2013, following the final installation of its new...
DPI Plastics forms part of the Dawn Group, which specialises in the manufacture and distribution of branded hardware, sanitaryware, plumbing, kitchen, engineering and civil products. An official Dawn financial statement has shown that DPI Plastics...
The Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (SAPPMA) has announced that lead has been eliminated from all locally-manufactured plastic pipe products and that all plastic pipes manufactured by its members are guaranteed to be free of...
