Mpact’s R350-million state-of-the-art polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling operation in Wadeville, Germiston, which produces recycled PET (rPET) plastic for food grade packaging, recently announced that its recycling process complies with...
Manufacturers and suppliers to the infrastructure sector are taking matters into their own hands by investing in back-up power to mitigate extrusion production losses caused by load shedding and general power failures. DPI Plastics, a leading...
The City of Cape Town has been hard hit by utility infrastructure theft losing R30 million between July and December 2015. The Water and Sanitation Department has been the worst hit thus far, with losses of R17 295 345 incurred through stolen water...
The creation of South Africa’s first ‘green city’ is the result of the largest mixed-use precinct ever to be built in Tshwane. With the construction of Menlyn Maine, the traditionally residential suburb of Menlyn in Pretoria East has undergone a...
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is the type of plastic, identifiable by the ‘1’ code usually on the bottom of the product, used to make rigid packaging, including bottles. It is completely recyclable and completely safe. The following video,...
More than the sum of their parts, Tristan Wiggill considers the value of pallets in the supply chain. While major retail groups like SPAR and Pick ‘n Pay are arguably the biggest users of pallets in South Africa, there are also a number of smaller...
Plastics|SA’s commercial entitled, “Material of Hope” has become one of the most viewed YouTube commercials by South African standards. The organisation launched its online advertising campaign via Facebook in July 2015, and in...
The South African plastics industry has joined the wave of volunteers helping to bring water relief to drought-stricken areas of our country, with the Maitland office of Plastics|SA becoming a collection point for water donations made by members of...
One year into its contract with the government of Gabon, International environmental services recycling firm, averda, has collected more than 208 000 tonnes of waste from the Central African country’s capital city, Liberville. averda explained that...
