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...]
Reaching out a sustainable hand of comfort to the needy
Can you believe that recycled bottles could turn into warm bedding for those in need? Well, it can, and it does. Legacy Project is a heart-warming initiative that reaches out a caring and comforting hand to challenged communities, and especially also to children. It was developed as part of the ten year birthday celebrations of the PET Recycling Company (Pty) Limited … [Read more...]
Winners in plastic recycling competition announced on Facebook
Do you know your plastic recycling? Did you play along with the recent facebook competition? If not, you lost out... POLYCO, the Polyolefin Recycling Company, has announced the names of the 9 winners in its Facebook competition that came to an end last week. The company’s “A Thousand Thank You’s” campaign gave 9 lucky people a chance to win their share of R50 000 by simply … [Read more...]
Country leads the world in plastic recycling
No less than 280 000 ton of plastic was recycled and diverted from landfill last year. That is 20 % of all plastics manufactured in South Africa. Results were released during Clean-Up and Recycle SA week. This equates to a 4.1 % increase on the previous year’s figures. Of all the recycled plastic, 220 400 tons were derived from packaging, resulting in a year on year increase … [Read more...]
