Plastic bag manufacturers could possibly find themselves hot water with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) after the Sunday Times recently reported that millions of branded plastic supermarket bags that claimed to be recycled were not....
MetPac-SA was recently announced as the new Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) tasked with representing the interests of the metal packaging industry. Delanie Bezuidenhout, CEO of MetPac-SA explained that the organisation will be focused...
South Africa is beginning to experience a progression in waste management and starting to explore innovative technologies in dealing with waste in a responsible manner, says Jan Palm, president of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern...
A fairly new initiative launched at the end of last year has boosted vinyl floor recycling in South Africa. This is a step in the right direction for the PVC industry as it moves towards reaching its sustainability goals that were set out in the...
