The names of the 12 collectors of post-consumer polyolefin waste that will be receiving a total of R4.6million in grants and interest-free loans have been announced by Polyco, the Polyolefin Recycling Company. As part of POLYCO’s mandate to promote...
Coordinators, sponsors and volunteers who participated in this year’s International Coastal Clean-Up Day that took place on 18 September, described this year’s event as the best ever since South Africa officially became part of the biggest...
The City of Cape Town and Mpact Plastic Containers were awarded the SAPRO Trophy for the Recycled Product of the Year for theirFifty/ 50 Wheelie Bin that was entered in the Recycled Content Category. The gala awards ceremony took place at Spier...
Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs Barbara Thomson has encouraged the plastics, metals and glass industries to continue with their voluntary efforts to increase recycling. “Furthermore, we need to encourage all South Africans to become...
South Africa’s National Waste Management Strategy aims to see all South African households in the country’s major centres separating household waste by 2016. As the nation gears up for this year’s Clean-up Week, 14 – 20 September, and Recycle Day,...
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) panel on food contact materials, enzymes, flavourings and processing aids has issued scientific opinion on the safety of the “ExtruPET” recycling process, which is based on trademarked Starlinger IV+...
Emergency services had to react quickly after more than 100 containers – some containing explosives – caught fire in Isando, east of Johannesburg, on Monday. About 50 containers burnt down completely, while the balance were salvaged,...
At FTE Insight we want to support PETCO in educating consumers and strive to reduce the amount of post-consumer PET plastics ending up at landfill sites. We realise that one of PETCO’s biggest challenges is to develop sustainable markets for...
The secondary materials economy provides numerous environmental benefits and business opportunities. But without the right equipment, margins shrink and the benefits are lost. That’s why recyclers need reliable machinery that’s stood the test of...
