ABOUT DEMOCRITUS
Democritus (Pty) Ltd is also a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ingerop. It was established in 1989 to address the need for hazardous waste
disposal and management. It aims at providing adequate solutions for Safety, Health & Environmental linked to the development or rehabilitation of economic infrastructures (energy, water, roads, transport) & buildings.
Our services comprise of:
– Execution of works
– Site inspections in power plants and industrial buildings
– Sampling for asbestos (air, swab, bulk) and lead (air and bulk)
– Sampling (dielectric fluid containing or potentially contaminated with PCB)
– Testing in accredited laboratories under our supervision
– Reporting: test results, procedures and removal plans, disposal plans
– Training in asbestos risk prevention, lead risk prevention, …
– Capacity-building in hazardous waste management and disposal
Where do we specialise?
- Asbestos works (in-situ treatment and removal) ; asbestos Survey; sampling for asbestos (air, swab, bulk), PAH and Lead (bulk) ; asbestos risk assessment and monitoring up to clearance
- Inventory of other hazardous substances and waste such as discarded PCB-containing equipment (transformers and capacitors) and PCB-based paint
- Hazardous waste management and disposal including permanent disposal facilities for asbestos-containing waste, incinerators for PCB-containing waste, autoclave sterilisation for medical waste
- Training in asbestos risk prevention, disposal of hazardous waste (PCB & asbestos)
- Subsoil investigation; Groundwater sampling and monitoring
Our Clients
CONTRACTORS
ALSTOM / General Electric (GE) – USA
VOITH Hydro Siemens – Germany
Franco Tosi Meccanica (FTM) – Italy
CEGELEC – France
AEMI – DRC
OPERATORS
Hidroeléctrica de Cahora Bassa – Mozambique
SNEL – DRC
EDM – Mali
EGL – DRC/Rwanda/Burundi
SINELAC – DRC/Rwanda
ANDRA – France
