THE PACKA-CHING PILOT PROJECT WILL BE LAUNCHING IN 2017 WITH THE AIM OF INCREASING RECYCLING IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS AND LOWER-INCOME AREAS AROUND CAPE TOWN AND JOHANNESBURG. The idea behind the project is to tap into a new market of recyclable packaging material in order to decrease the amount of packaging waste entering landfills. Through incentivising a change in behaviour and a shift in the...

More than 15 tons of recycled, Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) have already gone into the production of 20,000 Greenlite Concrete blocks used in the new Table Bay Mall that is currently being constructed. expected to open its doors at the end of September this year, this 65 000 m² regional shopping centre is located on a 20 ha site on the corner of the R27 (West Coast Road) and Berkshire Boulevard...

Anyone engaged in waste-reduction policy has surely witnessed the intense debate that has been raging for decades around the notion of burning municipal solid waste to create power. Active lobby groups around the world regularly campaign for additional incineration capacity, citing the importance of reducing waste to landfill and finding ways to turn some waste material into electricity...

Mpact Polymers is a revolutionary state-of-the-art plant equipped to produce recycled PET, Savuka (Zulu for “revival”), for food and beverage packaging. Mpact Polymers enjoys the highest internationally recognised standards. It is the first plant in Africa to meet The Coca-Cola Company’s full certification for PET bottles to package the company’s soft drinks, while the recycling...

When you throw a plastic bottle into a recycling bin it’s the start of a journey – not the end of one. Swedish furniture giant IKEA is now selling a new kitchen in which all the cabinets are constructed from recycled bottles and timber. Read the full story posted on EWN, click on the link http://ewn.co.za/2017/02/14/ikea-s-latest-kitchen-is-made-of-recycled-plastic-bottles

Polystyrene recycling in South Africa showed increased growth in 2016, contrary to international reports that suggest the material has been “challenging to recycle”, or in some instances, is unrecyclable. The reprocessing of expanded and high impact polystyrene increased by 106% between 2013 and 2015, according to the Polystyrene Packaging Council’s (PSPC) director, Adri Spangenberg....

Hickman’s Family Farms introduces egg cartons made from 100% recycled PET Egg cartons have evolved over the years from paperboard to EPS foam. Now comes the next—sustainable—link in the evolutionary chain: Egg cartons made from 100% recycled PET from water and soda bottles. Hickman’s Family Farms, an egg producer near Phoenix, AZ, just introduced the newly designed 18-count RPET egg carton to...

As one travels about 60 km south of Johannesburg through Vereeniging and Vanderbijlpark, a general state of decay is visible in the once thriving industrial heartland known as the Vaal Triangle. Manufacturing Circle chairperson André de Ruyter tells Engineering News that SEZ (special economic zone) policies can be implemented in the Vaal Triangle on a practical level, and quickly too, owing to...

Plastic packaging producer Dairypack Tubs, a division of Polyoak Packaging (Capetown, South Africa), joined forces with Verstraete IML for the development of the new IML label for Country Fresh Ice-Cream packaging for Dairymaid Ice-Cream Treats. The successful new packaging is the first ice-cream packaging in South Africa with an IML label that covers the entire lid. Read the full article by:...

Tetra Pak has become the first food packaging company to receive SBT approval to pledge a significant reduction in greenhouse emissions. Read more at ...