The recent spate of heavy and destructive hailstorms that have caused millions of rand of damage to property across Gauteng have proven to be no match for a range of Rainflo uPVC gutters and downpipes manufactured by DPI Plastics – a leading...
The Plastics Institute of South Africa (PISA) has announced the winners of the Student Design Competition, held in partnership with POLYCO (the industry association promoting the recycling of polyolefin plastics in South Africa), Plastics|SA,...
According to Plastics|SA’s third annual survey of the plastics recycling industry in South Africa, the recycling of plastics has demonstrated a year-on-year increase in the total tonnage being converted since the survey in 2009. In 2011 South...
The Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Education and Training Authority (merSETA), in association with Plastics SA, has launched an innovative pilot study with the aim of developing a better understanding of the shape and size of the...
Van Jones lays out a case against plastic pollution from the perspective of social justice. Because plastic trash, he shows us, hits poor people and poor countries ‘first and worst’, with consequences we all share no matter where we live and what...
Recycling PET, the plastic used to manufacturer beverage bottles and food containers, has helped generate almost 26 000 indirect jobs, said Petco CEO, Cheri Scholtz. Scholtz believed the plastics recycling industry can reduce poverty across South...
Plastics|SA is pleased to announce three new appointments at its head office in Midrand, Johannesburg: Dianne Blumberg, online editor; Jacques Lightfoot, sustainability manager, and Amos Mkhonto, technical trainer. Dianne Blumberg: online editor...
Many solutions have been explored over the years to find environmentally sound ways of producing industrial pallets. But the traditional wooden pallets are under scrutiny from vehicle and fleet owners because of the many problems they present on...
The Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (SAPPMA) has announced that lead has been eliminated from all locally-manufactured plastic pipe products and that all plastic pipes manufactured by its members are guaranteed to be free of...
