South Africans are recycling more plastic than ever before according to the latest plastics recycling figures released by Plastics SA. Anton Hanekom, Executive Director for Plastics SA, says the results of its annual survey into plastics recycling...
The South African Plastics Recycling Organisation (Sapro) is welcoming all entries for this year’s Recycled Plastic Product of the Year Awards. This year will be the organisation’s sixth competition, and aim to acknowledge the wide variety of...
By 2050, oceans could contain more plastic than fish. This startling fact was revealed in the report, The New Plastics Economy: Rethinking the Future of Plastic. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation released the report last year in Davos. Some of the...
In many countries, environmental pollution from plastic bag litter is a rising problem and Cameroon is no exception. But one Cameroonian man is collecting the waste plastic bags and turns them into useful paving bricks. Source: New China TV Web...
The latest plastic recycling figures released by Plastics|SA are reflective of a vibrant and dynamic industry that is growing despite the many challenges it faces. “The South African plastics industry is currently in the throes of one of the most...
We’ve all watched a video on Facebook and shared it with friends but none of us have won a share of R50 000 doing so. This is exactly what happened to nine lucky people who participated in the “A thousand Thank You’s” campaign by Polyco, the...
The local plastic recycling rate of 19.6% is set to increase with the help of SA’s first recycling centre locator app for smartphones from Tuffy brands. “Many South African’s don’t take the time to recycle mainly because they just don’t know where...
The latest statistics reveal that over 1.4 billion PET bottles are being recycled across South Africa, which equates close to 4 million bottles recycled every day. In addition, PETCO exceeded its PET plastic recycling rate for 2010 by 5 290 t....
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...
