More than 40 local, district and provincial municipalities countrywide have benefitted from strategic sustainability partnerships in 2021/2 – not just improving waste collection and PET plastic recycling rates, but also creating much-needed income...
With the introduction of the extended-producer responsibility (EPR) regulations, a wider industry adoption of recyclate replacing raw materials, and several voluntary agreements that promote material circularity, all eyes are on the South African...
South Africa’s plastic recycling industry was severely challenged but delivered figures that are to be applauded. This is the opinion of South African National Bottled Water Association (SANBWA) CEO, Charlotte Metcalf, who listed the major...
For over two decades, Pick n Pay has placed recycling at the top of its sustainability agenda. The retailer has been one of the key sponsors of the National Beach and River Clean-ups for the past 25 years – the latest of which takes place this...
Plastics SA, the umbrella body representing the entire South African plastics industry, has released the plastics recycling figures for 2018. And although more can be done to encourage South African households to recycle, the latest results showed...
South Africa seems to be on the right path with recycling plastic. According to a study by Plastics South Africa, a body representing the South African plastics industry, more than 519,370 tons of plastic waste was collected for recycling in 2018....
All eyes are currently on Switzerland, where members of the 14th Conference of Parties to the Basel Convention (COP14) are considering a Norwegian proposal to add plastic to a list of wastes governed by the Convention that will see tighter...
Almost 190 countries have agreed to new control measures that will limit the transboundary movement of plastic waste around the world, following the recent ratification of the Basel Convention in Geneva, Switzerland. The resolution prohibits the...
Cleaner ways to make and consume plastic were recently addressed at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Plastics recyclers have also called on the plastics manufacturing industry to begin producing more eco-friendly plastic materials which have...
