Polystyrene recycling in South Africa increased by 19 % during 2019, this is thanks to the tremendous growth in end-markets using post-consumer polystyrene. According to the latest plastics recycling figures for the year ending December 2019...
Restaurants and fast food chains are increasingly relying on polystyrene packaging to keep their food hot, hygienic and fresh now that the sale of hot food for home delivery is permitted under Level 4 restrictions. According to Adri Spangenberg,...
The Polystyrene Association of South Africa hosted a virtual Annual General Meeting, making use of an online meeting platform. This was following the restrictions that were announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa, in the light of the Covid-19...
The Polystyrene Association of South Africa says plastics are not the problem everyone has made them out to be and that a lack of appropriate waste disposal infrastructure is the real challenge. This comes after a Portfolio Committee on...
The Polystyrene Association of South Africa has teamed up with Wildlands for a recycling initiative aimed at reducing the amount of Polystyrene that ends up in Durban’s landfill sites. The initiative will see Wildlands collecting, processing and...
The Polystyrene Packaging Council – the product recovery organisation (PRO) for expanded polystyrene (EPS) and high impact polystyrene (HIPS) in South Africa – has announced that it is changing its name to the Polystyrene Association of South...