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Food-grade rPET facility expands processing capacity

November 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

Extrupet has finalised the expansion of its food-grade recycled PET plant, increasing the current processing capacity from 20 000 to over 30 000 tonnes per annum, to facilitate the growing demand for rPET. As PETCO continues to believe that growth in rPET production and consumption is ultimately key to ensuring the sustainability of both the PET and recycling industry, rPET … [Read more...]

Post-consumer PET rates holding steady despite pandemic

August 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

In a time when we can all use some good news, PETCO’s PET bottle-to-bottle recycling partner, Extrupet, reported purchasing a whopping 3,000 tonnes of post-consumer PET bottles in May and June this year. This is significant because cold beverage consumption usually drops during the winter months and, according to Extrupet, a good figure under normal circumstances would be … [Read more...]

PET bottle recycling benefits the environment while creating income

July 6, 2020 Leave a Comment

Despite global market contractions, and now the rolling economic impact of Covid-19, South Africa’s PET plastic recycling value chain has kept its wheels turning, delivering another positive annual recycling rate while creating thousands of jobs for informal reclaimers who returned to work under level three of the national lockdown. According to new statistics released by … [Read more...]

Africa’s largest PET recycler unveils expansion plans

August 20, 2018 1 Comment

Africa’s largest PET plastic recycler has announced plans to inject R200 million into the struggling economy to help South Africa meet its recycling and job creation targets for the next five years. The recent announcement follows the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) by BRICS ministers of environment, during the 10th BRICS Summit held in Johannesburg last … [Read more...]

Africa’s first Bottle-2-Bottle plastic recycling plant opens its doors

May 21, 2015 Leave a Comment

The first Bottle-2-Bottle recycling plant in Africa was officially opened by Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa in Wadeville, Johannesburg, with an investment of R75 million and the capability to produce resin that will be suitable for the carbonated drink sector. She was joined at the opening ceremony by notable guests from government and the PET industry including … [Read more...]

New Joburg plant to recycle bottles into bottles

April 21, 2015 Leave a Comment

A state of the art bottle-to-bottle recycling plant is coming to Wadeville, Johannesburg to turn soft drink, bottled water and other forms of PET packing into bottles again. Extrupet will be installing a state of the art Bottle-2-Bottle recycling plant furnished with Starlinger recycling technology, specially engineered to fulfill the expectations and standards needed for … [Read more...]

Partnerships drive the plastic recycling industry to success

October 30, 2014 Leave a Comment

“The focus of waste management in South Africa is changing. No longer is the emphasis on the disposal of waste, but rather on avoiding its generation and minimizing and recycling the waste stream wherever possible.” This was the key message conveyed by Lisa Parkes, Marketing Manager of PETCO, at a workshop held during Wastecon in Somerset West this month. “The law … [Read more...]

Decade of PET recyling brings benefits across the board

April 22, 2014 Leave a Comment

Did you know that after ten years in the industry almost half of all our PET beverage bottles are now recycled? That is 1.9 billion bottles per year diverted from the waste stream. The PET Recycling Company (Pty) Ltd was registered on the 3rd November 2004 and their first set of Directors included the late Rob Rodger, Bob Naidoo, Syd Carter, Roger Thomas, Mandla Tisani, … [Read more...]

SA recycling partners with Europe

November 1, 2013 Leave a Comment

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Excitement is mounting in the local waste management and recycling industries ahead of the colloquium that will take place in partnership with the European Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisation (EPRO) on the 21st of November, 2013. A 15 man delegation, representing various streams of the European recycling industry, will be visiting South Africa for EPRO’s first-ever … [Read more...]

Inspiration and recycling innovation honoured

November 26, 2012 Leave a Comment

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PETCO recently celebrated the best people, companies and organisations involved in post-consumer PET recycling in South Africa, at their 7th annual AGM and networking evening held at the Forum, in Bryanston, Johannesburg. The magical evening, which was not shaken by the devastating hailstorm that gripped the reef, took the form of a stylish cocktail and networking session … [Read more...]

Now for totally recycled shopping bags

March 20, 2012 Leave a Comment

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Now conscientious shoppers can make use of durable shopping bags made entirely from recycled PET plastic – ticking ALL the boxes for the greenest shopper ever. Woolworths has led the pack in becoming one of the first retailers to endorse products contributing to a friendlier environment to further demonstrate their dedication to sound environmental policy. Woolworths was … [Read more...]

World first for PET recycling

November 4, 2011 Leave a Comment

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Extrupet has just become the first recycler in Africa to produce food grade recycled PET (rPET) for the food and beverage industry. They are the only recycler in the world to have been certified for British Retail Consortium (BRC) level one accreditation in the conversion of post consumer flakes to rPET for use in food packaging. 'This certification is a world first for a … [Read more...]

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