By Stacey Davidson, Director of the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (Redisa) South Africa produces 108 million tonnes of waste per year. Ninety percent of that waste ends up in landfills, 44% is unclassified...
The City of Cape Town and Mpact Plastic Containers were awarded the SAPRO Trophy for the Recycled Product of the Year for theirFifty/ 50 Wheelie Bin that was entered in the Recycled Content Category. The gala awards ceremony took place at Spier...
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) panel on food contact materials, enzymes, flavourings and processing aids has issued scientific opinion on the safety of the “ExtruPET” recycling process, which is based on trademarked Starlinger IV+...
The IFAT Environmental Technology Forum – Water, Sewage, Refuse and Recycling – Solutions for the Mining and Construction Industry will take place for the first time from September 15 to 18, 2015 co-located with BAUMA CONEXPO AFRICA. Messe München...
POLYCO, the non-profit Polyolefin Recycling Company, has just released a series of five informative and fun YouTube-style videos to explain the importance of plastics recycling, how to recycle, what not to recycle, and the various different...
The “Cash for Cans” initiative assist thousands of unemployed people generate much-needed income for themselves and their families from the collection of empty cans. Run by recycling and can recovery organisation Collect-a-Can, “Cash for Cans”...
At FTE Insight we want to support PETCO in educating consumers and strive to reduce the amount of post-consumer PET plastics ending up at landfill sites. We realise that one of PETCO’s biggest challenges is to develop sustainable markets for...
The Polystyrene Packaging Council (PSPC) of South Africa is proud to unveil its new-look website hosted on www.polystyrenepackaging.co.za. According to Adri Spangenberg, director of PSPC, the new site has been designed to be a virtual showcase of...
Following Sappi’s recent announcement of the sale of its Enstra Mill and recycled packaging business, the paper and cardboard giant announced the sale of its Cape Kraft recycled packaging paper Mill to the Golden Era Group. The Golden Era Group is...
