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    Propak Africa 2025: Where innovation meets opportunity

    As automation and digitisation accelerates across industries, companies are recognising the need to invest in smarter solutions, products and services to stay competitive....

    ALPLA opens state-of-the-art recycling plant in South Africa

    Production plant to supply up to 35,000 tonnes of recycled PET material per year from 2025 ALPLA is entering the South African PET recycling...

    Tetra Pak® Orange Grove, RFG Foods and Woodlands Dairy partner...

    Following last year’s successful pilot of its educational Recycle Carton competition in the Eastern Cape, Tetra Pak, world-leading food processing and packaging solutions...

    ALPLA and zerooo create reusable PET bottle for cosmetic...

    ZEROOO is producing reusable PET packaging for bathroom and kitchen: packaging and recycling specialist ALPLA and zerooo initiator SEA ME GmbH have developed...

    How consumer demand is driving change in food packaging

    CONSUMER demand for sustainable food packaging has become a major catalyst for change in the industry. With a growing awareness of environmental impacts, consumers...

    Cape Aqua favours PET due to infinite recyclability and...

    By Diane Silcock CAPE AQUA is a water bottling company located on a farm in the Ceres Valley at the foot of the Hugo...

    Mpact Plastic Containers invests over R350-million in new Castleview...

    By Larry Claasen MPACT Plastic Containers is investing a substantial R354-million to expand its capabilities with a new injection moulding factory in Castleview. This investment...

    Mondi to showcase sustainable packaging innovations at FACHPACK 2024

    MONDI, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, will have its portfolio of innovative and flexible packaging solutions on display at this...

    Party prep made easy: Hassle-free entertaining with disposable polystyrene...

    Planning and hosting a party can be a daunting task, especially when it comes to organizing food and beverages. Disposable polystyrene containers offer...

    New data shows how Petco drove the collection and...

    Newly released audited data reveals how South Africa’s longest-standing producer responsibility organisation (PRO), Petco, drove the collection and recycling of post-consumer packaging last...

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