Archived – Packaging SA

Successful “Recycling in the Bag” campaign

Written on 4th April 2022. Posted in Archived.

200 waste collectors ahead of Global Recycling Day Over the past 15 years, more than 19 million tonnes of paper and paper packaging have been recovered and kept out of South African landfills, the bales of which would almost go around the Earth twice. The country also boasts an average paper recovery rate of 70%, making paper the second-most recovered material in South Africa. Paper...

Think before you throw this Global Recycling Day

Written on 17th March 2022. Posted in Archived.

GLOBAL RECYCLING DAY – FRIDAY 18 MARCH 2022 Johannesburg – March 16, 2022 – Around 1.1 million tonnes of paper and paper packaging are recovered for recycling in South Africa every year. This accounts for just under 70% of paper products available for recovery in the country. Over the past 15 years, more than 19 million tonnes of paper and paper packaging have been recovered and...

GOOD NEWS – Paper grocery and take-away food bags can be collected for recycling

Written on 17th March 2022. Posted in Archived.

Good news for households and waste collectors – paper grocery and take-away food bags can be collected for recycling JOHANNESBURG – MARCH 15, 2022 – Under a new campaign name, “Recycling in the Bag”, Fibre Circle, the producer responsibility organisation for the paper sector, teamed up with food service and packaging producer Detpak and Remade Recycling (part of the Mpact Group) to show 200...

SRF FLEXIPAK – Sword of Honour

Written on 9th February 2022. Posted in Archived.

SRF FLEXIPAK PTY LTD AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT AWARD SRF Flexipak has won a prestigious Sword of Honour from the British Safety Council. The company’s Cato Ridge site in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa was one of the organisations worldwide that achieved a Sword of Honour, which is awarded to companies which have demonstrated excellence in the management of...

EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY – S18 OF NEMWA

Written on 20th August 2021. Posted in Archived.

On 5 May 2021, the final EPR Regulations were published by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE). The regulations are effective as from 5 May 2021 and all producers have 6 months to register with the DFFE before the deadline of 4th November 2021. It is mandatory for any Producer to become a member of an approved EPR Scheme or Producer Responsibility...

Fibre Circle launches campaign to promote more recycling of food and beverage cartons

Written on 10th March 2021. Posted in Archived.

JOHANNESBURG, March 9, 2021 – Fibre Circle, the producer responsibility organisation (PRO) for the South African paper and paper packaging sector, is calling on South African food producers to help drive awareness that food and beverage cartons are recyclable. This initiative forms part of the Super Cartons campaign, being run in partnership with Nampak Liquid Cartons, SIG Combibloc and...

LOCKDOWN REGULATIONS: A BLIGHT FOR SA METAL PACKAGING INDUSTRY

Written on 12th May 2020. Posted in Archived.

Industry suffers significant losses as manufacturing and recycling grind to a halt Johannesburg, May 11, 2020. Prior to the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, started on 27 March 2020, the country’s collection and recovery rate of post-consumer metal packaging (aluminium and tinplate) was estimated at an impressive 75.8%, as reported by BMi Research. The national five week lockdown...

IPSA SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Written on 5th March 2020. Posted in Archived.

SA PACKAGING AND PLASTICS INDUSTRIES APPLAUD MINISTER’S DECISION TO DEVELOP INDUSTRY-MANAGED WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN

Written on 21st January 2020. Posted in Archived.

The plastics and packaging industries of South Africa, represented by Packaging SA and Plastics SA, have both welcomed the announcement made by Ms Barbara Creecy, Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) to scrap the existing Section 28 plan for developing an Industry Waste Management Plan (IndWMP) for the paper and packaging industry. Although the development of this plan...

Manufacturing Indaba Western Cape 6 November 2019

Written on 16th October 2019. Posted in Archived.

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