Plastics recyclers can learn a lot from consumer concerns facing retailer Woolworths. Radio 702 CapeTalk’s John Maytham recently received a complaint from a Newlands resident who had concerns about the recycling information on Woolworths’...
Glass bottles and paper bags now pollute Cape beaches more than PET bottles according to the results of this year’s International Coastal Clean-Up (ICC). This annual event, which took place in September this year, was the 20th of its kind and was...
Plastics|SA recently held its Annual General Meeting, where the importance of innovation in the industry was highlighted by the organisation’s chairman, Bernhard Mahl. Mahl issued a challenge to the audience to get out of a survival mindset and...
Sizabantu Piping Systems has invested extensively in new technologies, like PVC-O pipes, to ensure that municipalities in South Africa, as well as current and future utilities across the sub-Saharan region, have sustainable solutions for their...
A R5,5 million investment has been awarded to five local plastics collectors to help expand the existing separation, collection, sorting and/or mechanical recycling facilities of these companies. The investment was awarded by the Polyolefin...
The Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (SAPPMA) hosted its PIPES X Conference on 6 September 2016 where issues around accreditation of national standards came under the spotlight. Welcoming the more than 200 delegates who were...
Plastics SA has launched its second television commercial in as part of “Clean-Up and Recycle SA Week”, which will be running from the 12th until the 17th of September 2016. According to Monya Vermaak, Marketing & Communications Executive at...
The Labour Appeal Court has handed down judgement in the matter between Plastics Convertors Association of South Africa (PCASA) obo Members v NUMSA, MEWUSA and CEPPWAWU (JA112/14) earlier this month, after an incredible eight-year struggle. The...
In many countries, environmental pollution from plastic bag litter is a rising problem and Cameroon is no exception. But one Cameroonian man is collecting the waste plastic bags and turns them into useful paving bricks. Source: New China TV Web...
