SA PACKAGING AND PLASTICS INDUSTRIES APPLAUD MINISTER’S DECISION TO DEVELOP INDUSTRY-MANAGED WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
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 has...
Manufacturing Indaba Western Cape 6 November 2019
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Register to engage and stay informed on the development of the Packaging SA Federation of Plans
Packaging SA is in the process of developing an Industry Waste Management Plan (IndWMP) in line with the Minister of Environmental Affairs “Call on the Paper and Packaging Industry, Electronical and Electronic industry and Lighting industry to prepare and submit industry waste management plans to the Minister for approval” detailed in Government Gazette No.1353 on 6 December 2017.
Packaging SA intends...
SA PET industry hits new high with 2.15 billion bottles recycled
65% recycling rate on par with international standards; 64 000 income-generating opportunities created.
Despite tough trading conditions and a 13% fall in the total PET market, the South African plastic industry recycled a record 2.15 billion PET plastic bottles in 2017, setting a post-consumer recycling rate of 65% to put the country on par with international standards.
The 93 235 tonnes of collected...
REGISTRATION AS PER REQUIREMENT OF S28 OF THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: WASTE ACT 2008
Please be advised that the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No 59 of 2008) Section 28 Notice has been published on 6 December 2017. Paper and packaging has been declared a priority waste by government.
Government Gazette no. 41303, released on 6 December 2017 is available at www.gpwonline.co.za/Gazettes/Gazettes/41303_6-12_EnvAffairs.pdf
All “Producers” are now required to...
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE – SECTION 28 CALL FOR INDUSTRY WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS
Please be advised that the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No 59 of 2008) Section 28 Notice has been published on 6 December 2017. Paper and packaging has been declared a priority waste by government. Each packaging waste stream will have to submit an Industry Waste Management Plan (IndWMP) to the Minister by September 2018, indicating how the paper and packaging industry...
POLYCO & PACKAGING SA LAUNCH PACKA-CHING
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...
Withdrawal of the Section 28 Notice (August 12 Gazette) calling for Industry to submit an IWMP.
The Minister has now formally withdrawn the Section 28 Notice (August 12 Gazette) calling for Industry to submit an IWMP.
A new “intention to call for plans” notice has been published which affords the public 30 days to submit “written representations or objections” to its contents.
Packaging SA will submit comments on behalf of the packaging Industry.
We will keep you informed of any further...
PAPER & PACKAGING INDUSTRY WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
The Section 28 Call for Plans (Paper and Packaging Industry Waste Management Plan) was officially gazetted on Friday, 12 August 2016.
For a copy of the gazette, please click on the link gazette Section 28 notice calling Ind WMP
Kindly note the following:
ALL existing producers MUST register with the Minister within 30 days of this notice. Please click on the link to download the registration...
NEW VILLAGE BUILT FROM RECYCLED POLYSTYRENE
NEW VILLAGE BUILT FROM RECYCLED POLYSTYRENE WILL BRING HOPE TO ORPHANS FROM NORTH WEST PROVINCE
Polystyrene Packaging Council (“PSPC”) in partnership with the Mobile Education and Training Trust (“METT”), a Non-Profit Organisation, recently afforded selected guests and members of the media the opportunity to view the new Village of Hope, a R285 million project that is nearing completion...
Successful “Recycling in the Bag” campaign
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 products...
Think before you throw this Global Recycling Day
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 kept...
GOOD NEWS – Paper grocery and take-away food bags can be collected for recycling
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
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 health...
EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY – S18 OF NEMWA
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 Organisation...
Fibre Circle launches campaign to promote more recycling of food and beverage cartons
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 Tetra...
LOCKDOWN REGULATIONS: A BLIGHT FOR SA METAL PACKAGING INDUSTRY
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 constrained...