Browsing Research Output by Subject "Recycling"
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Co-operatives as a development mechanism to support job creation and sustainable waste management in South Africa
(Springer, 2017)South Africa, as with most African countries, is facing the reality of limited economic growth, high levels of poverty and increasing unemployment. At the same time, waste generation is growing, especially in urban centres ... -
Factors explaining households cash payment for solid waste disposal and recycling behaviors in South Africa
(MDPI, 2015)Environmental safety is one of the top policy priorities in some developing countries. This study analyzed the factors influencing waste disposal and recycling by households in South Africa. The data were collected by ... -
Historical review of waste management and recycling in South Africa
(MDPI, 2017)Recycling has been taking place in South Africa for more than three decades, driven by social and economic needs. While the waste hierarchy is embedded in national policy, an extensive legislative framework has made it ... -
The impact of the recycling industry on poverty levels in South Africa’s informal economy: a case study of waste pickers in Pretoria
(2016)South Africa is gripped by high and rising levels of unemployment and poverty, which have conspired to create a society that is one of the most unequal in the world today. This is not helped by the fact that the troubled ... -
Recycling pre-oxidized chromite fines in the oxidative sintered pellet production process
(SAIMM, 2019)The chromium (Cr) content of stainless steel originates from recycled scrap and/or ferrochrome (FeCr), which is produced mainly by the carbothermic reduction of chromite ore. The oxidative sintered pellet production process ... -
Synthesis and characterization of hydrotalcite from South African Coal fly ash
(Elsevier, 2017)The synthesis of adsorbents such as hydrotalcites (HT) from mineral waste (e.g. blast furnace slag) is receiving increasing attention. This study reports a novel procedure to prepare HT from a South African coal-combustion ...