Wind energy is set to take off as construction has started on a new facility in Atlantis that would churn out 150 three-section wind towers per year. This is GRI Wind Steel South Africa’s new 12 000 m² wind tower mast production facility in the Green Technology Industrial Park in Atlantis. It is hoped that this facility will be completed in October 2014. This is the first … [Read more...]
Separation technology transforming the plastics industry
Mike Biddle calls himself the 'Garbage Man' and thinks of garbage piles as 'above ground mines.' Less than 10% of plastic trash is recycled - compared to almost 90% of metals - because of the massively complicated waste management issues, the problem of finding and sorting the different kinds. In 1992, Mike Biddle, a plastics engineer, set out to find a solution. Frustrated … [Read more...]
Where do we go with our polystyrene?
When I think of Polystyrene my mind conjures pictures of drinking cups, egg trays, meat trays and picnic plates. This spongy material is called Expanded Polystyrene (EPS). EPS was invented in 1952 by BASF. It is a lightweight cellular material derived from petroleum and natural gas by-products. It is initially produced as small beads containing a blowing agent. The beads … [Read more...]
