Residents of Langa in Cape Town are cashing in with the recently launched PACKA-CHING project. Within four days of the launch, locals delivered 5.2 tonnes of glass, 1.9 tonnes of paper,1 tonne of plastic and 295 kilograms of cans to the PACKA-CHING...
POLYCO+ has introduced a series of videos for teaching the public more about recycling. These fun and educational shorts empower the public to become better at recycling with the goal of improving national recycling rates across all of the various...
Considering the millions of tonnes of plastic and other discarded material that go from the land into the sea every year, it’s no wonder that there is no place in the ocean that is free of it. “We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as...
R1.7 billion was contributed towards the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) last year from the recycling of 177,000 tonnes of polyolefin plastics. This was announced by Polyco’s chairman Jeremy Mackintosh at the company’s recent Annual General...
A R5,5 million investment has been awarded to five local plastics collectors to help expand the existing separation, collection, sorting and/or mechanical recycling facilities of these companies. The investment was awarded by the Polyolefin...
POLYCO, the Polyolefin Recycling Company will be growing the message about the importance of recycling during the month of September, as part of the local packaging industry’s Clean-Up & Recycle Week SA, which will take place from the 12th to...
Last week, in observance of #WorldOceansDay, Plastics|SA launched plans for its annual Clean-Up & Recycle Week SA – taking place from 12 to 17 of September this year. Highlights of 2016’s upcoming activities include a national clean-up and...
“This past year has undoubtedly been a tough year for the polyolefin recycling industry in South Africa and around the world. Whilst lower virgin resin prices had an impact in South Africa, they were fortunately offset by the weakening Rand,” said...
