R1.7 billion was contributed towards the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) last year from the recycling of 177,000 tonnes of polyolefin plastics. This was announced by Polyco’s chairman Jeremy Mackintosh at the company’s recent Annual General...
The South African Plastics Recycling Organisation (Sapro) is welcoming all entries for this year’s Recycled Plastic Product of the Year Awards. This year will be the organisation’s sixth competition, and aim to acknowledge the wide variety of...
By Rianté Naidoo Tandy Coleman is on a mission – to make sure recycling becomes the only way vinyl flooring is disposed of. As the CEO of vinyl flooring company Polyflor, Coleman was concerned about the amount of offcuts her company was throwing...
The Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (Redisa) has ceased all tyre collection with immediate effect. Redisa released a statement at the end of last week, citing the implementation of a tyre levy as the reason for its...