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Below you will find all of our articles.  We cover a comprehensive range of engineering topics from best practices, regulations, current and past projects, product information and the latest industry news.  

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What are Dioxins and Furans?

What are Dioxins and Furans? The polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins (PCDD) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDF) are chlorinated, planar, aromatic compounds containing two benzene rings. The terms PCDD/F and dioxins carry the same […]

Advantages and Disadvantages of Incineration

Incineration of waste offers the following advantages: Volume reduction: Important for bulky solids or wastes with a high combustible and/or moisture content. Detoxification: Especially for biological waste, pathologically contaminated materials, […]

What is Incineration?

Incineration is a waste management technique used to treat municipal, biosolids, hazardous and non-hazardous industrial and medical wastes, and other liquids, residues, and toxic and flammable gases released into the […]

Air Quality Act 39 Of 2004 (Introduction)

Introduction  National Environmental Management.Air Quality Act 39 Of 2004 – South Africa. (Gazette No. 27318, Notice No. 163. Commencement date: 11 September 2005 – save for sections 21, 22, 36 […]

EU Directive (Part 1)

Waste Incineration Directive (2000/76/EC) This guidance is aimed at helping understand the European Community (EC) Directive 2000/76/EC on the incineration of waste.   Part 1 – Directive 2000/76/EC – (The […]

EU Directive (Part 2)

Waste Incineration Directive (2000/76/EC) This guidance is aimed at helping understand the European Community (EC) Directive 2000/76/EC on the incineration of waste.   Part 1 – Directive 2000/76/EC – (The […]

EU Directive (Part 3)

Waste Incineration Directive (2000/76/EC) This guidance is aimed at helping understand the European Community (EC) Directive 2000/76/EC on the incineration of waste.   Part 1 – Directive 2000/76/EC – (The […]

EU Directive (Part 4)

Waste Incineration Directive (2000/76/EC) This guidance is aimed at helping understand the European Community (EC) Directive 2000/76/EC on the incineration of waste.   Part 1 – Directive 2000/76/EC – (The […]

EU Directive (Part 5)

Waste Incineration Directive (2000/76/EC) This guidance is aimed at helping understand the European Community (EC) Directive 2000/76/EC on the incineration of waste.   Part 1 – Directive 2000/76/EC – (The […]

EU Directive (Part 6)

Waste Incineration Directive (2000/76/EC) This guidance is aimed at helping understand the European Community (EC) Directive 2000/76/EC on the incineration of waste.   Part 1 – Directive 2000/76/EC – (The […]

EU Directive (Part 7)

Waste Incineration Directive (2000/76/EC) This guidance is aimed at helping understand the European Community (EC) Directive 2000/76/EC on the incineration of waste.   Part 1 – Directive 2000/76/EC – (The […]

Best Practices for Incineration

Best practices for incineration This article is part of the assessment done by the WHO on small-scale incinerators for healthcare waste.   This section discusses best practices for incineration, which […]

Landfill, Compost or Incineration?

Landfill, compost or incineration? Waste management.  Paper for the ISWA Conference, Portugal, October 2009 by Barbara Hutton, Research student, Master of Sustainable Practice, RMIT University, Ed Horan, Program Director, Master of […]

What we’re up to – CFD Analysis

This week we have spent some time updating the CFD analysis for some of our products, focusing on our Incinerators and Cremators. CFD is short for Computational Fluid Dynamics, and […]

Pressure Equipment Regulations

Macrotec boilers and pressure vessels are used all over over South Africa and the world including, commercial, energy industries.  To ensure safety and operational efficiency of pressure vessel equipment, certain […]

Incinerator Service and Maintenance

  Incinerator service and maintenance in Ermelo, Mpumalanga province South Africa. Our technicians have recently completed the service and maintenance of a non-functioning 30-year-old MacroBurn V100 incinerator unit located in […]

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