Tag: bottles
Single-use plastic bottles – ‘Ocean Enemy #1’
BLUEWATER, a water purification technologies and solutions company, has slammed single-use plastic bottles as ‘ocean enemy #1’ at a major sustainability conference in Porto,...
Recyclers link to tackle Western Cape PET problem
The demand for bottled water in the Western Cape brought on by the water crisis has put a strain on recycling in the region...
Will bottled water prices soar in Western Cape?
Commercial water bottlers insist they won't be bumping up prices to take advantage of the drought – but increases to cover rising costs could...
Billions of bottles recycled in South Africa
Some good news for a change - over 2-billion PET plastic bottles were recycled in South Africa last year.
Plastic bottle recycled tonnage...
Plastic bottle recycled tonnage grown by 822% since 2005
PETCO, the organization responsible for fulfilling the South African PET plastic industry’s role of Extended Producer Responsibility, is proud to announce their 2016 recycling...