Polyco PRO NPC and uMngeni Local Municipality have officially launched a partnership aimed at strengthening recycling and waste management in Mpophomeni through community clean-ups, school recycling initiatives, improved collection infrastructure and the opening of a new buy back centre. The partnership, officially launched on Thursday, 17 September as South Africa marked Clean-Up & Recycle SA …

Women have long played a vital role in South Africa’s economy, yet their contributions are not always recognised, protected or fairly rewarded. This is especially evident in the waste and recycling sector, where women waste reclaimers help recover an estimated 60%–80% of South Africa’s post-consumer recyclables. Every day, they collect, sort and recover materials that …

Polyco, a registered producer responsibility organisation (PRO) has welcomed a new executive into its leadership team to strengthen relations with its stakeholders within the recycling value chain and increase transformation in the industry. Feroze Shaik, who will be taking the helm of Polyco’s advocacy, aims to build solid relationships with government to represent the interests …

Million Plus, a consumer recycling campaign led by Polyco PRO NPC, is aiming to mobilise more than one million South Africans to commit to recycling their plastic packaging to keep it out of the environment and out of landfill, and instead put it back into the recycling value chain. Forging ahead towards this target, Polyco …

The plastic recycling sector has come a long way in South Africa with improved technology, better implementation of waste regulations, greater consumer awareness and growth in the market for recycled material. Despite these developments, there have always been plastic material streams that are difficult to recycle and therefore end up in landfill or, unfortunately, in …

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment’s introduction of extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulations in South Africa aims to promote the circularity of plastics packaging and grow the plastics recycling market altogether. Polyco PRO NPC, a Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) for all plastic packaging in South Africa, has received concurrence from the Minister on their …

With the introduction of the extended-producer responsibility (EPR) regulations, a wider industry adoption of recyclate replacing raw materials, and several voluntary agreements that promote material circularity, all eyes are on the South African plastics recycling sector. With a 43.2% input recycling rate, according to the latest industry research, South Africa has managed to retain a …

We’ve all been told that plastic is a material that we should recycle, but have you ever been correctly guided on how to recycle at home, at school or at work? To encourage more South Africans to recycle, Polyco PRO (Plastics Responsibility Organisation) NPC, has launched its Million+ ‘How to Recycle’ series, user-friendly content that guides …

A second Packa-Ching mobile buy-back centre, co-sponsored by Shoprite, has launched in Cape Town, following the success of the programme in communities such as Langa, Phillipi and Mitchells Plain. Launched in Happy Valley, Blackheath, the new Packa-Ching unit will buy recyclable packaging material (plastic, glass, cans and paper) from the surrounding communities. The recyclable material …

Every year the Ecologic Awards recognises the businesses, people and communities that are at the forefront of sustainability and driving change for a better future. Packa-Ching, an innovative community recycling collection initiative, started by Polyco and sponsored by Shoprite and Sasol, has won the ‘Recycling and Circular Economy’ category at this year’s Ecologic Awards. “We …