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Plastic lumber is composed of virgin or waste plastics including HDPE, PVC, PP, ABS, PS and PLA. The powder or pellets are mixed to a dough-like consistency at roughly 400 °F (204 °C) and then extruded or molded to the desired shape. Additives such as colorants, coupling agents, stabilizers, blowing agents, reinforcing agents, foaming agents ...
The union was formed through the merger of the Chemical Workers' Industrial Union (CWIU) and the Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers' Union (PPWAWU) in 1999. At the time of the merger, the union had 93,000 members, which had fallen to 64,100 members by 2011. CEPPWAWU is an affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU).
Wood–plastic composites (WPCs) are composite materials made of wood fiber / wood flour and thermoplastic (s) such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or polylactic acid (PLA). In addition to wood fiber and plastic, WPCs can also contain other ligno-cellulosic and/or inorganic filler materials.
List of ecoregions in South Africa. Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests. Knysna–Amatole montane forests. KwaZulu–Cape coastal forest mosaic. Maputaland coastal forest mosaic. Tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands. Southern Africa bushveld.
Zinniaville is a small suburb in the city of Rustenburg, in the North West Province of South Africa. Zinniaville is close to the world's two biggest platinum mines. It lies close to the old border of Bophuthatswana. It has a majority Muslim-Indian population. Zinniaville has the biggest mosque in Rustenburg called Zinniaville Jaame masjid ...
A bead is a small, decorative object that is formed in a variety of shapes and sizes of a material such as stone, bone, shell, glass, plastic, wood, or pearl and with a small hole for threading or stringing. Beads range in size from under 1 millimeter (0.039 in) to over 1 centimeter (0.39 in) in diameter. Beads represent some of the earliest ...
Butterworth, South Africa. Butterworth, also known as Gcuwa, is a town in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Butterworth has a population of 45,900 and is situated on the N2 national highway 111 km north of East London. [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ]
Scleroxylum racemosum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. (1819), pro syn. Ocotea bullata, (stinkwood or black stinkwood, Afrikaans: Stinkhout, Xhosa: Umhlungulu, Zulu: Umnukane) [2][3] is a species of flowering tree native to South Africa. It produces very fine and valuable timber which was formerly much sought after to make furniture.