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Evaporation technology to stop enviro pollution

By: Karel Smrcka 9th November 2001 Environmental issues have a substantial effect on the treatment and disposal of industrial effluents and landfill leachate. The environmental movement is gaining momentum to minimise water usage and wastewater volume is increasing daily. →

Calculating the cost of pollution

By: nkolola halwindi 9th November 2001 There is an increasing need for industry and corporate business to take all possible steps to limit the actual or potential liability that may exist with regards to environmental impacts as a result of their activities and services, or investing in commercial or industrial real estate. →

Medical waste – a deadly issue

By: nkolola halwindi 9th November 2001 More than 90% of highly dangerous medical waste in Africa is disposed of in unsuitable landfields, rivers, lakes or roadsides. →

Monitor for air-quality measuring

9th November 2001 In today’s highly industrialised world, main sources of particulate pollution in our environment include industrial combustion and processing, energy generation, vehicle emissions and construction work. →

SA gets First World environment laws

9th November 2001 A dramatic increase in environmental legislation, much of which contains First World liability standards, has developed in South Africa, posing an immediate challenge to the mining sector. →

World's worst enemy now green and caring

9th November 2001 In the last few years, industry has witnessed the unprecedented growth of social responsibility issues, starting with environmental management. →

JHB clean-up continues

By: nkolola halwindi 9th November 2001 The Johannesburg Municipal City has signed a service delivery agreement with Pikitup for collection and disposal of solid waste generated in the city. →

Bioleaching produces first cathodes

By: nkolola halwindi 9th November 2001 Specialist supplier of mineral and metallurgical technology to the mining industry Mintek has developed technology in which naturally occurring bacteria is used to liberate valuable metals from refractory sulphide ores and concentrates. →

New technologies to save environment

By: nkolola halwindi 9th November 2001 Ever increasing urban and industrial development throughout the world is leading to levels of pollution that are seriously threatening the natural resources upon which human kind depend on for survival. →

Foam developed to save forests

By: nkolola halwindi 9th November 2001 One of the largest speciality chemicals operations in Southern Africa, Chemical Services has developed products to preserve and protect the environment. →

Industrial products made 'friendly'

By: nkolola halwindi 9th November 2001 A specialised chemical firm manufacturing and distributing industrial maintenance products has embarked on a process to convert its products into environment acceptable standard where possible. →

Chemical firms and State negotiations

9th November 2001 The Association for Chemical and Allied Industries (CAIA) is engaged in a process to conclude an environmental management co-operation agreement (EMCA) between the chemical industry and the South African government in terms of section 35 of the National Environmental Management Act. →

Water-recycling plant commissioned

9th November 2001 Breweries giant South African Breweries’ (SAB’s) Alrode brewery has commissioned a R2,5-million water recycling plant to reduce its water to beer ratio of 2,5 l. →

Environment-friendly fuels launched

9th November 2001 State-owned gas-to-liquids producer Mossgas has launched environment-friendly products to the range of motor fuels, which it produced mainly from natural gas found 85 km to 120 km offshore. →

Radwaste, compare their ice and our sand

By: Kelvin Kemm 26th October 2001 The National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) invited Mr Jukka Laaksonen to visit South Africa to present the annual NNR Guest Lecture. Mr Laaksonen is the director general of the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland, which is known by its Finnish abbreviation STUK. →

30% of State engineer on auction block

By: Martin Zhuwakinyu 28th September 2001 Thirty per cent of the shareholding of each of Rotek Industries subsidiaries Rotek Engineering (RE) and Roshcon will be owned privately from February next year, a Johannesburg firm appointed to advise the government on the long-awaited restructuring tells Engineering News. →

Gauteng clean-up ahead of world enviro summit

By: Irma Venter 21st September 2001 The Gauteng department of agriculture, conservation, environment and land affairs (Dacel) will intensify efforts to clean up the province ahead of next year’s World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. →

Water utility in big maintenance push

By: Laura Franz 14th September 2001 The restructuring of Johannesburg Water’s operations is steaming ahead as planned, following the Johannesburg Water Management Company’s (Jowam) assumption of the management of the city’s water and waste services from the start of July for the following five years, reports... →

Lower nickel price besets scrap dealers

By: Deborah Spicer 14th September 2001 Stainless-steel scrap dealers are carefully watching the price of nickel, the most expensive element contained in stainless steel. →

Waste sector grows 20% a year

By: Joanne Delaurentis 31st August 2001 South African industries wanting to export products abroad or attract investment from foreign investors are starting to feel the pressure of having to comply with First World waste-management standards. →

Cleaning waste without harmful chemicals

31st August 2001 Hydrocyclone technology cleans waste without harmful chemicals. →

More use of scrap

By: Joanne Delaurentis 31st August 2001 Metal recycling operations are often called the opencast mines of the future. An unrelenting byproduct of the consumer society, scrap metal is fast becoming a valuable source of raw material for the automotive, engineering and telecommunications industries. →

Treatment plant development continues

By: Joanne Delaurentis 31st August 2001 South African waste-management company Enviroserv will launch the design for its new leachate treatment plant at its landfill site in Holfontein, Springs, later this year, reports director Colin Batchelor. →

Waste-converter project awaits approval

By: Joanne Delaurentis 31st August 2001 Construction of the somewhat controversial plasma waste converter (PWC) plant by joint-venture partners Amandla Environmental and Phambili Services is only set to get under way in the next nine to twelve months, reports Phambili executive director Reggie Nkosi. →

New medical waste facilities imminent

By: Joanne Delaurentis 31st August 2001 Newly-formed holding company Evertrade Medical Waste has started construction of its two new electro thermal de-activation (ETD) facilities for the introduction of specific infection control services on a national scale in South Africa. →

Rehabilitation of Cape landfill starts

31st August 2001 The rehabilitation and phased closure of the Robertson Landfill site in the Boland marks the first milestone in constructing one of South Africa's most ecologically sound waste management systems. →

Technology to recycle waste heat

31st August 2001 Technology company Scram Technology has been appointed to market and licence a breakthrough technology in waste heat re-cycling that promises up to 10% reduction in energy used in internal combustion engines, electric motors and fuel cells. →

New Cape waste plan completed

31st August 2001 International firm of consulting engineers and scientists SRK Consulting, has conceptualised a comprehensive strategy for the environmentally responsible management of Coastal Park, a large waste disposal site situated on the doorstep of Cape Town’s popular seaside resort, Muizenberg. →

Cement recycling

31st August 2001 The design and manufacture of two readymix concrete recycling plants for Alpha Readymix has been completed by Lockers Engineers. →

Waste-management sector salvaged

By: Joanne Delaurentis 31st August 2001 Tarnished by incidents of illegal dumping and a medical waste mismanagement, the South African waste-management industry is in the process of transformation, president of the Institute of Waste Management June Lombard tells Engineering News. →

New waste trucks for Bloemfontein

By: Joanne Delaurentis 31st August 2001 Responding to the problem of the ever-increasing demand for waste management services from under-developed township areas, Bell Equipment Company's Bloemfontein customer service centre, working in close cooperation with the Mechanical Engineering and Cleansing Divisions of the Mangaung Local... →

Danes share cleaner production techniques with Southern Africa

10th August 2001 Cleaner production (CP), a comprehensive and preventative approach to environmental protection, has been making in-roads into the Southern African fishing, textiles and metal-finishing sectors. →

Good housekeeping makes cleaner sense

10th August 2001 A cleaner production (CP) and waste minimisation action plan launched a year ago by local industry with the support of Danish aid agency, Danced, is setting new standards for the metal-finishing industry. →

Setting new standards in the metal-finishing industry

10th August 2001 The 16 South Africans who participated in a study tour to Denmark are reporting significant achievements in cleaner textile production locally.Engineering News marketing reporter Babitha Roopnarian speaks to chief technical advisor at the Danced project office Karen Lundbo and textile component... →

Joseph Shamir, Pikitup Johannesburg

10th August 2001 Joseph Shamir Pikitup Johannesburg Leader of 4 226 →

Johannesburg picks up the fight against waste

By: Laura Franz 27th July 2001 New brooms are sweeping clean, literally, through the streets of Johannesburg with the streamlining and optimisation of the city’s new waste management utility, known as Pikitup, being well under way. →

Rendering waste harmless – French contribution

13th July 2001 The industrialised countries are confronted by an increasing volume of residual waste that has to be stabilised before it can be stored or buried. French companies are successfully developing a complete range of stabilisation processes, from the most inexpensive to the most sophisticated –... →

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