The Rainbow Nation Recycling Club in Kini Bay just outside Port Elizabeth comprises a little buy-back centre and a swop shop, and brings hope to the Clarendon Marine community by supporting local children who bring in recyclable PET bottles on a...
The first Bottle-2-Bottle recycling plant in Africa, with an investment of R75 million and the capability to produce resin that will be suitable for the carbonated drink sector, was officially opened today by Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna...
The National Waste Management Strategy (NWMS) came into effect in November 2011. As a legislative requirement of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008), it aims to give effect to the objects of the Waste Act. It...
Plastics|SA is pleased to welcome PETCO on board as the official sponsor of the first day’s workshop that will be taking place at the forthcoming Propak Cape Exhibition. The theme on the first day of the exhibition will be: “Spotlight on...
The annual ABI School Recycling Awards was an uplifting event, showcasing young learner’s talent and commitment to recycling, writes Maryke Foulds. Amalgamated Beverage Industries (ABI), the soft drink division of South African Breweries –...
Maryke Foulds speaks to Cheri Scholtz of PETCO and Chris Els of Kaytech about ten years of recycling cooperation. Please give me some background on Kaytech and its involvement in the PET recycling industry Kaytech (originally Noel Hunt Geofabrics),...
Having begun their partnership in 2011, Kaytech is pleased to announce they have entrenched their relationship again with PETCO as a Category A partner, increasing the economically viable collection and recycling of post-consumer PET in South...
Petco’s international colloquium held in Cape Town recently was instrumental in establishing global partnerships in the recycling sector. “There is no Planet B. We are all a part of the global market and live on a planet with finite resources. We...
Students’ recycling efforts scoops awards and benefits not only their school, but also their environment. Amalgamated Beverage Industries (ABI), the soft drink division of South African Breweries (SAB) supported by the PET Recycling Company (PETCO)...
