The South African plastics industry has hit a new high with a record 2.15 billion PET plastic bottles recycled in 2017. According to national industry body PETCO, this has set a post-consumer recycling rate of 65% which puts the country on par with...
PET plastic recycling, PETCO, and the African Marine Waste Network are working to highlight the importance of solutions to issues of marine and land-based pollution in South Africa. One example of an initiative working to reduce pollution took...
This Earth Day the Western Cape is facing not one, but two, significant challenges. The first is that the City of Cape Town is running out of water and the second is a potential waste crisis as landfills rapidly reach maximum capacity. One of the...
The recent demand for plastic bottles in the Western Cape has placed increased pressure on local recycling capacity in the province with many facilities unable to process the additional influx of bottles. To address this issue Oasis Water and...
Clean-up crews will once again help to limit the waste footprint of two of Cape Town’s biggest sporting events taking place in March this year. For the 11th consecutive year, Plastics SA’s Sustainability Manager, John Kieser, will be coordinating...
The Coca-Cola Company recently announced plans to help collect and recycle the equivalent of 100% of its packaging by 2030 as part of a plan to fundamentally reshape its approach to packaging. This new goal is at the heart of the company’s new...
Members of the public have until February to submit their nominations for the 2018 PETCO Awards. The awards, which all those looking to celebrate recycling and waste management excellence in the South African PET industry are called to submit their...
The South African plastics and packaging industry has raised R45 000 for a much needed seabird hospital at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) in Cape Town. The funds were raised during the Propak Cape...
Charlotte Lamprecht, owner of Henque Waste in Riversdale, Western Cape has won the 2017 PETCO Top Woman in Recycling award. The award recognises a female in the South African recycling sector who has demonstrated admirable leadership, business...
