At Petco, we are truly honoured to have been a part of an initiative that is making a tangible difference in the community and working towards meeting Section 18 legislation.. The National Department of Social Development, led by Deputy Minister Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu, recently commemorated UN International Day for the Eradication [...]
“Together with our members, let’s lead the change.” – Cheri Scholtz, PETCO CEO With more than 18 years of experience as a Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO), PETCO has helped shape how PROs administer extended producer responsibility (EPR) in South Africa. Section 18 of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act has [...]
Newly released data shows that several major South African brands are meeting targets when it comes to collecting and recycling the plastic packaging in which their products are sold, and keeping it out of the environment. The audited data was released on June 8 by the country’s longest-standing producer responsibility [...]
When all sectors of society work together to build our green economy, it has a multiplier effect. Recently, we had some fantastic opportunities to sponsor and run training workshops in collaboration with private sector businesses and non-profit organisations, as well as municipalities and provincial government. Informal collectors play an important [...]
Since 2004, PETCO has been working consistently to earn public and industry trust as an effective producer responsibility organisation (PRO) for the collection and recycling of post-consumer polyethylene (PET) packaging. Building on our successful record in supporting the PET value chain, we have now expanded our offering to include a [...]
More than 40 local, district and provincial municipalities countrywide have benefitted from strategic sustainability partnerships in 2021/2 – not just improving waste collection and PET plastic recycling rates, but also creating much-needed income opportunities in the sector and helping develop South Africa’s circular economy. One such drive involves the Zonda [...]
THE South African military has put its muscle behind the circular economy with its launch of a separation-at-source recycling initiative in Limpopo. The Lephalale-based South African Military Health Service (SAMHS) training centre, which falls under the Department of Defence, has joined forces with South Africa’s longest-standing producer responsibility organisation, PETCO, [...]
More than 40 local, district and provincial municipalities countrywide have benefitted from strategic sustainability partnerships in 2021/2 – not just improving waste collection and PET plastic recycling rates, but also creating much-needed income opportunities in the sector and helping develop South Africa’s circular economy. One such drive involves the Zonda [...]
September was definitely an exciting month for PETCO and the team! With South Africa’s National recycle week during 12-16 September, our team was spread across the country doing training, community clean-ups, and educating future recyclers. AECI and Industry Clean-up Collaboration: It is against this background that AECI has again participated [...]
AN environmental clean-up of communities left reeling from the devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal earlier this year has yielded positive results, including the collection of a whopping eight tonnes of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, which has been recycled. Among the major clean-up efforts in the province has been one driven by [...]