A paper and plastic packaging manufacturer plans to divert 29 000 tonnes of plastic bottles a year from landfill by building a R350 million state-of-the-art polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling plant. The new plant will process approximately...
This is a call for recycling support proposals for projects supporting the mechanical recycling of post-consumer polyolefin plastic packaging. POLYCO is looking to partner with companies under three distinct categories. 1. Strategic growth and...
Industry aims to drive maximum value of plastics and enhance the reputation of the plastics industry in the eyes of key stakeholders. The South African plastics industry has set itself the ambitious target of eliminating all plastic from the...
Plastic Disclosure Project Director Andrew Russel on the plastic waste report. Source: sabcdigitalnews Source URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZL8FVZ2dYU
How can plastic products be made more sustainable over their entire life cycle and how can the effects of plastic waste on the environment be reduced? These are some of the questions asked in a recently published green paper from the European...
Tobela Tapula: Corporate and Government Affairs Manager Plastics|SA is proud to welcome Tobela Tapula as our new Manager: Corporate and Government Affairs, with effect from the 1st of March 2014. Although this is a National position, Tobela will be...
The City of Cape Town will become the first South African municipality to establish a pilot plastics-to-oil plant. The City of Cape Town has signed an agreement with a Japanese consortium for the pilot plant’s establishment, with funding coming...
“Zero Plastic to Landfill” will drive post-event cleaning and recycling efforts When thousands of cyclists and spectators take to the streets to participate in the annual Cape Argus Pick n Pay Momentum Cycle Tour this weekend, very few people will...
Plans to establish Gambia’s first plastics recycling plant are at an advanced stage. Gamplast and the Department of Physical planning are currently working together to identify a location in the Brikama industrial area for the plant. The process of...
