Tag: Plastics
South African plastics pact a first in Africa; Collaborative platform will tackle plastic waste...
Research shows that eight million tonnes of plastic leak into the ocean every year and with a business as usual scenario, according to research...
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,...
#PlasticFreeJuly: Plastics: villain, victim or too valuable to waste?
Each year, millions of people around the world are encouraged to refuse single-use plastics as part of “Plastic Free July”. According to the organisers...
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...
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