With so much focus now on plastic recycling, it’s interesting to learn more about the processes involved, especially as technology continues to refine the approaches taken. Firstly, it’s worth noting that the ‘obvious’ type of plastic recycling that we think of – diverting consumer waste from landfill – is just [...]
Drakenstein Municipality is reaping the rewards of a recycling programme it launched four years ago at the Wellington Landfill Site, with several success stories emanating from it. Not only are former illegal recyclers – known as “wastepreneurs” today – assisted in building a dignified life and earning a decent income, [...]
Project Up, a pilot that PETCO is rolling out with funding support from The Coca-Cola Foundation and using the BanQu blockchain technology, has now been implemented in almost buy-back centres across South Africa. Since October last year, the digital platform, which tracks the trade in recyclables between participating buy-back centres [...]
PETCO is proud to be joining hands with Plastics SA and other like-minded organisations from the public and private sector to think SMART when it comes to waste management and recycling in South Africa. Smart Communities is a newly launched forum that brings together industry players, public benefit organisations, and [...]
Unemployed youth in Mpumalanga are learning how to start and sustain their own recycling businesses as part of a development programme, which is supported by PETCO, local businesses, the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Land and Environmental Affairs (DARDLEA), and various local municipalities. Established in 2019, the programme has grown [...]
It’s all hands on deck for a community recycling initiative at Hout Bay Harbour, with PETCO coming aboard with the sponsorship of a converted shipping container. The container acts as a secure drop-off and separation facility for the JunkStars programme, a recycling swop shop for underprivileged youth. Every Saturday morning, [...]
The PETCO Awards is the premier national environmental awards initiative in South Africa, recognising excellence in reuse, recycling and waste minimisation among businesses, organisations, community groups and individuals within the South African plastic industry. Winners are recognised for embracing Extended Producer Responsibility, contributing to driving plastic recycling and reflecting the [...]
PETCO and one of our recycling partners, Extrupet, recently teamed up with PETCO member Oasis Water and global label producer MCC Label to conduct a recycling trial on a range of pressure-sensitive adhesive labels. This is the third such successful labelling trial this year, providing more options for improving the [...]
When Safripol in partnership with PETCO was announced as the winner of the prestigious 2020 CAIA Responsible Care Initiative of the year award – Corporate Social Responsibility category for the Bophelo recycling project in Ermelo, they recognised that the true heroes of the project were Johanna Leshabane, and her team [...]
Innovative technology to track, trace and record the trading in recyclable materials is being rolled out across South Africa. The move is set to empower recycling SMMEs, strengthen the value chain and promote the economic inclusion of the informal sector. In a move set to revolutionise how recyclable materials are [...]