Mar 29, 2019 | Disaster Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Environmental Management & Control, Food & Beverage
WITH companies striving to perfect a proactive approach to food safety, SKF is launching the new Food Line ball bearing units – Blue Range, which extend a hygienic-design mentality to bearing unit components for food-processing equipment. Since 2012, the food and...
Mar 13, 2019 | Education & Training, Environmental Management & Control, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, KZN Industrial & Business News
A team of 30 employees from Sibaya Casino & Entertainment Kingdom joined environmental activist, Stefan Graunke in cleaning-up La Lucia Beach recently. This was one of at least 50 beaches that Graunke will clean-up as part of his Coastal Ghost Coastline Clean-up...
Feb 27, 2019 | Environmental Management & Control, KZN Industrial & Business News, Plastics & Rubber
PLASTICS SA notes the commitment in the Budget Review to reform existing environmental taxes. We believe this is an opportunity to assess which of these taxes are achieving their environmental objectives, and the impact they are having on the economy and jobs. The...
Feb 4, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Environmental Management & Control, Mining & Quarrying
WITH a little innovation and a sound business plan any South African stands to make a fortune out of the millions of tons of coal ash produced by our generators annually. With mountains of ash available at all of South Africa’s coal-fired power stations, Eskom, Sasol...
Feb 1, 2019 | EC Industrial & Business News, Environmental Management & Control, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, Heating, Cooling & Ventilation, Power Generation
AS South Africa looks to make greater use of natural gas – and even landfill gas – in the generation of electricity, the good news is that the country has world class engine component remanufacturing capacity to optimise the lifespan and reliability of these...
Jan 14, 2019 | Chemical & Allied Industries, Education & Training, Environmental Management & Control, KZN Industrial & Business News, SMME Development & Support, Water & Effluent Management
AN innovative partnership between a JSE-listed chemicals group and rural communities in KwaZulu-Natal, focusing on keeping a river clean and free of alien vegetation, has been acknowledged with a major award. The AECI Wise Wayz Water Care (WWWC) programme is a joint...
Nov 7, 2018 | Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Environmental Management & Control
WHILE the timeframes for business and industry to complete environmental impact assessment (EIA) processes may sound generous to some, in reality they are very tight – and represent a significant project risk if for any reason they are not met. That’s according to...
Nov 7, 2018 | EC Industrial & Business News, Environmental Management & Control, Green Industries & Renewable Energy
SOUTH Africa faces both an opportunity and threat from the looming deluge of waste that will be generated on the continent. If recent projections prove to be correct, Africa’s municipal solid waste by 2025 will be nearly double the 2012 levels. This is according to a...
Oct 17, 2018 | Environmental Management & Control, Government & Municipal, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, KZN Industrial & Business News
INITIATIVES such as Clean-up and Recycle SA Week are a great measure to raise awareness on the waste to landfill versus recycling conundrum faced in the country. However, the message needs to be far clearer; that Government, corporate South Africa and individual...
