As we go through life, we accumulate a lot of "stuff" that may be useful or sentimental, but we may not have enough space in our dwellings to store it all. This is where having self storage facilities in the Gauteng area can help ease the load and clear the clutter, storing your possessions until you need them next. A self storage facility offers storage space (in a storage lot) for month to month rent for businesses as well as individuals. You can choose to use the space for a short period of time or a longer period of time and there are a variety of storage sizes to suit your particular needs. The option of self storage means that you keep your goods in the unit yourself and you are the only person who has a key to the unit containing your belongings. You can check on your belongings or add or remove things at any time as you have access to the unit whenever you need to during normal work hours. The operator of the self storage facility will be able to protect your possessions by providing you with a special licence agreement.   What kind of items can I store? Seeing as you have access to the unit, you can store any legal items that you need to. For most people, the possessions can include: Furniture Paper and documents Excess store stock Office and other records Vehicles and trailers Boats Purchases bought in bulk Sporting Equipment  … Read More

Reduce, reuse, and recycle – three buzz words in today’s environmentally consciousness world. We need to use our resources in a more sustainable way, so using our creativity to reuse items we would normally throw away is one way of reducing the waste we create. An item that is easily transformed is the humble milk carton. Instead of throwing your empty plastic milk carton away, you can turn it into a nifty storage container. Milk is a grocery item used by most households around the world, so why not put the cartons to good use in your home instead of throwing them out? Just as you can use your imagination to create a storage container from a milk carton, you can use your creativity and resourcefulness to choose what to put in them. Almost everyone has an “everything” drawer somewhere around the house, the place where you store all the little things you don’t have a set place for. How about organising them into handy recycled storage containers? Milk carton containers also work well as snack lunch-boxes for kids, or to use in the pantry to store packaged treats.   How to create a storage container from a milk carton   Step 1: Cut the milk carton into two sections by removing the handle section and the lid of the bottle as a cut-out section.   Step 2: When it comes to folding the milk the milk bottle into a storage container, there are so many ways of going about… Read More

Polystyrene food containers are great for storing food, taking items to bring and braais or other events, transporting food to sell or keeping produce fresh for any occasion. They are relatively inexpensive and great for individuals who work in the catering industry. They are also wonderful for home cooking and baking and as lunch boxes for people for work or school.   What can you use polystyrene food containers for? There are many uses for polystyrene food containers. To give you some ideas and examples of what you can use a container like this for, the following tips and advice will help you to get the best use out of your containers.   Work or school lunches We all know the feeling of when you have to pack a school lunch for your child, or when you have to pack a lunch for yourself and all of your plastic containers are in use or dirty. When you are in a rush, you will definitely not want to spend the time moving things around in the fridge to find a container for your lunch, or doing washing so that you have a clean container. Buying a few inexpensive polystyrene containers that you can use and then throw away will make your life much, much easier. It will also save you the trouble of having extra dishes to do in the evening as you can simply throw away the containers at school or work when you are done. Many of the smaller… Read More

If you are in need of a moveable living space for you, your staff or family, you might want to find out about portable accommodation containers. It is often a good idea, especially for construction companies whose staff usually need to work through the night, to hire or purchase some form of portable accommodation so individuals can be kept safe, comfortable and dry throughout the night in any area or situation. Containers are most often used on ships to store items or as accommodation or offices, but because they are so versatile and easy to move around, containers can make great portable accommodation vessels for private or corporate use.   What is a portable accommodation container? A portable accommodation container is generally a box like structure with a floor, ceiling and walls and some way of getting in and out. Sometimes, one whole side of the container can be opened to get goods in or to take them out, but other times the boxes have smaller, hinged doors. In some cases, containers can even have windows and air vents. Containers are always made out of strong, durable material like metal, but they can also be made out of prefabricated material like chipboard or plastic. Containers that are used for accommodation are usually equipped with doors, windows, air vents and are great for using as temporary accommodation on ships or for construction workers. They are usually quite easy to move around as you can simply load them up on a truck… Read More

Plastic fruit bins are a great way to safely and hygienically store fruit, vegetables and other perishable products. If you are a fruit retailer or for some other reason you need to store a large amount of fruit. You could also use smaller and shallower plastic bins and containers. To store smaller amount of fruit or vegetables for your own home or office. It is essential to keep fruit as fresh as possible. Especially if you are storing a large quantity of it for an event. Or if you run a restaurant or fresh produce store. This may also interest you: Takeaway Food Containers Suppliers South Africa Why Store your Fruit in the Right Container? Fruit is incredibly perishable, some types of fruit more than others. Some fruit can go bad in only a few hours. If you have to store a lot of fruit for a period of time, it is best to keep it in a refrigerator for most of that time. However, for retail purposes, fruit must sometimes be stored outside of a refrigerator or cooled area. So that customers see it and can decide whether they want to buy it. If this is the case, it is essential that the fruit be stored properly. The containers that you store your fruit in must not be too large. For example if you store too many apples in one huge plastic container, it would only take one bad or rotten apple to ruin the rest of the fruit.… Read More

There are different types of offshore containers for hire from companies who offer a range of services to clients in South Africa. So it is important to get the right container for the job and also to make sure that it is fully certified and in line with all the relevant standards and regulatory bodies. Individuals and businesses often require temporary storage or accommodation space for a multitude of reasons. It may be an on-site office at a building site, a cafeteria at a major outdoor or indoor event. Or maybe it is storage space to store household goods whilst they are re-building a house. Whatever the case, hiring a container is a viable solution to acquiring temporary storage or accommodation space. So you will need to make sure that the company you hire the offshore containers from is reputable, well-known and offers a quality product and honest service. This may also interest you: Steel Container Units for Sale What is an Offshore Container? An offshore container is a large receptacle used to store a range of things on ships, barges, liners and tankers off the shore of dry land. It is important that these containers are sturdy, stable, functional and safe. Sometimes people store things like gas, oil and other potentially dangerous substances and materials in them. Therefore it's very important that they are reliable and secure. Often offshore containers store goods that are being transported. Usually the owners of the goods do not want them damaged by the… Read More

Medical sharps containers for sale in South Africa are available at different companies and manufacturers. Bins for hospitals, clinics, doctors consultation rooms and other medical institutes. To get the best products available at the lowest prices you need to get quotes on medical sharps containers. Some of the companies that supply medical sharps containers are: Dailymag Compass Waste Services GRP Apple Tec Plasti Products Medical and Lab Supplies Silver Solutions Medi Waste Management and Tracking Dynamic Enviro Clean Bio Waste Cyject Medical Sharp Med Daniels Sharp Smarts Psychem Psychem Waste Solutions Container Control Cixi Leinuo Plastic Clanel CC Dynamic Enviro Clean Sunvian Steri Health It is important to use medical waste bins that are within the guidelines and specifications of the laws. And that they are good quality. You do not want to buy a container that easily damages or that will leak. Because this could be dangerous for staff and patients. It is also a good idea to buy containers from a reputable supplier with experience and a happy customer base. What are medical sharps containers? Medical sharps containers are special design holding devices. Where sharps medical waste like blades, needles and other sharp objects can be disposed of safely. So there are two different types of sharps waste containers from the suppliers. A single use sharps container People only use single use sharps medical waste container once. Because the container is thrown away with the sharps waste inside it. A reusable sharps container A reusable sharps container is… Read More

Are you in need of takeaway food containers suppliers in South Africa for your business or home? There are many good packaging companies in the country that sell containers at wholesale and low prices. So if you have a food business you will want practical containers and supplies for your customers. Takeaway food packaging suppliers in South Africa Vegware The International Group of Companies Package It I Lead Packaging Cape Cuisine The main takeaway food and drink packaging suppliers are in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. There are several packaging items that you will need. Including napkins, takeaway tubs and containers. Cutlery, cups with lids for cold drinks, cups with lids for hot drinks. And plastic gloves for staff and chefs to wear when handling food. There are both private and wholesale companies who offer a large range of food packaging supplies. In a range of different prices. If you are looking for very basic items that will serve a basic purpose and not cost too much. You can easily find low quality paper, plastic or polystyrene containers and cutlery. Some restaurants and takeaways do not even customize their containers and other supplies. To cut back on costs. If you want high quality products, or if you want them customized, there are suppliers who can provide the packaging for you. In addition who offer customizing services. Environmentally Friendly Takeaway Food Containers Suppliers Another option, that is also slightly more expensive, is to go green with biodegradable containers… Read More

There are many South African glassware suppliers that you could choose from if you are looking to purchase quality glassware for your home, office or for a function. Quality glassware is essential in any home or business, but it is especially important to have good glassware items in hospitality, catering and event goods renting companies. Clients who visit hotels or bed and breakfasts, or who hire glassware for events would not want low quality glassware that looks cheap and breaks easily. The glassware at a function or in a restaurant dining room is easily one of the first things that clients and customers will use and should look good. Wine, beer, champagne, whiskey and other types of glasses will generally be used throughout the whole event or time that the customer is there.   Glassware in the hospitality industry Glassware used in businesses like these should be able to withstand heavy use, frequent washing, a range of temperatures and the occasional smack against something. Waiters have to carry large trays of full glasses to customers, large trays of empty glasses to the kitchen and kitchen staff will have to clean many glasses very quickly. Any expert in the hospitality industry will tell you that good hospitality lies in the details. It is essential that all the small and large factors of hospitality are taken care of and that the very best possibly items, products and goods are used. Guests should be made to feel that they are being treated well… Read More

All over the world, and especially in South Africa, houses are fashioned from the strangest materials and homes made from shipping containers certainly do fall in the ‘unconventional’ category. In poorer regions, people are forced to use odd material to fix wear and tear on their homes, and even to build their homes completely. There are many examples of this in the locations found all over South Africa. We see shacks made out of pieces of corrugated iron, old coca cola signs, cardboard, road signs, sacking and bits of old fences. Obviously this type of structure is not fully sealed against the weather and climate or against other people trying to get in. These dwellings require constant fixing and additions and are never sufficient protection for the people living inside them. It is a basic right of all people to sufficient shelter, and sadly, many people in our country do not have protection from the elements and each other. With a huge unemployment rate the poverty in our country is massive and very worrying. There are many people who have little to eat, nothing to sleep on and barely a roof over their heads. Much time and effort is spent in fixing homes that continually break. Although RDP housing has helped some people, there are still far too many who are suffering and who could benefit enormously from a reliable roof over their heads and an element of safety to help them sleep at night. An ingenious way of housing… Read More