Tag: Glass
Packa-Ching expands national footprint with the launch of new buy-back recycling centres
POLYCO, a producer-responsibility organisation (PRO) for the plastic industry, in collaboration with Border Kei Chamber of Business officially handed over a new static Packa-Ching...
Separating wet waste from dry waste: A key to successful recycling
Do you know what happens to your waste after you've disposed of it? If not, you're not alone. The majority of people tend to...
Pick ‘n Pay set to roll out more RVMs
By Sue Segar
ON the back of the success of the reverse vending machines (RVMs) which the Pick ‘n Pay Group has set up on...
Uptake of Coke’s 1,5 returnable PET bottles is growing
By Sue Segar
MORE than 30 years ago, the Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages Company (CCPB)– a franchise bottler of the Coca-Cola Company which operates in the...
Big potential for glass recycling in SA
CRUSHING equipment specialist Pilot Crushtec has several products that are ideal for the recycling of glass. While many of the company’s overseas customers have...
Distell – closing the loop on waste
KHAYELITSHA is a poor Cape Town settlement where jobs are few and prospects are slim. But should that preclude it from entrepreneurial opportunity?
In 2019,...
Future cities could be 3D printed – using concrete made with recycled glass
3D printed concrete may lead to a shift in architecture and construction. Because it can be used to produce new shapes and forms that...
Nampak Glass creates new opportunities for gas operations
Nampak Glass has commissioned a 1km-long high pressure underground pipeline, which feeds from the existing Sasol Gas Ltd.’s transmission network and ties into the...