Author:Stafford, William HL; Russo, Valentina; Nahman, AntonDate:Sep 2022The pervasive use of plastics, coupled with inadequate waste management systems in many countries, has led to widespread leakage of plastics into the environment. In South Africa, the predominant type of shopping bags are single-use plastic ...Read more
Author:Ramnath, L; Sithole, Bishop B; Govinden, RDate:Sep 2017This study highlights the importance of determining substrate specificity at variable experimental conditions. Lipases and esterases were isolated from microorganisms cultivated from Eucalyptus wood species and then concentrated (cellulases ...Read more
Author:Grzeskowiak, V; Hanuman, A; Andrew, JDate:2011Environmental scanning electron microscopy coupled with energy dispersive x-ray (ESEM/EDX) was optimised to measure the penetration and diffusion of cooking liquor into Eucalyptus grandis wood chips during kraft pulping. The moisture content ...Read more
Author:Andrew, J; Hanuman, A; Sithole, Bishop BDate:2011The objective of this study was to demonstrate the applicability of the new methods by undertaking stickies audits in a newsprint and a packaging mill to test the sensitivity of the methods to detect changes in the concentration of stickies ...Read more