Plastic recycling in South Africa has continued to grow for seven years in row. According to the 2017 plastics recycling figures, released by Plastics|SA, more than 334 727 tons of plastics were recycled back into raw material – giving South Africa...
New industry tank standard offers a quality compliant guarantee on plastic water and chemical storage tanks The Association of Rotational Moulders of Southern Africa (ARMSA) has announced a new South African industry tank standard for polyethylene...
Environmentalists have warned that the number of plastics in the oceans will outweigh fish by 2050 if nothing is done to end plastic pollution. They say the world consumes as much as a trillion plastic bags every year. Today is “International...
Environmentalists have warned that the number of plastics in the oceans will outweigh fish by 2050 if nothing is done to end plastic pollution. They say the world consumes as much as a trillion plastic bags every year. This week we celebrated...
In honour of International Plastic Bag Free Day Pick n Pay became the first South African retailer to trial compostable bags as an environmentally friendly alternative to plastic bags. The one-day trial, which took place at its V&A Waterfront,...
Isuzu Motors South Africa is striving to mitigate plastic pollution and in line with this year’s World Environment Day theme, Beat Plastic Pollution, Isuzu reached out to its employees to encourage them to beat plastic pollution in their personal...
A bioplastic technology developed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has received top honours at the Eco-Logic Awards 2018 for making a positive contribution in the reduction of environmental pollution. The technology took...
This past week has been a busy one for Plastics SA as it used Sustainability Week, World Environment Day and World Oceans Day to drive home efforts to keep plastic pollution out of the environment. Douw Steyn, Sustainability Director at Plastics...
While healthy oceans are critical to human survival, providing most of the oxygen we breathe they are under threat by plastic pollution on a massive scale. According to the United Nations Environmental Programme around eight-million tonnes of...
