A big part of our modern deluge of problems is the fact that there simply is no space left for waste. That is what is so great about recycling, especially when it comes to a packaging option as cost-effective and environmentally friendly as PET plastic.
Now conscientious shoppers can make use of durable shopping bags made entirely from recycled PET plastic – ticking ALL the boxes for the greenest shopper ever.
Did you know that in our country all the used PET containers ' your clear beverage and water bottles ' collected for recycling are recycled into local products?
The recycling of PET (clear) beverage bottles is a success story in our country, as yearly more impressive targets are met.
We don't realise how lucky we are in this country.
Imagine a world where each one of us instinctively recycled and the amount of waste to landfill is minimal to none.
Robben Island had her beaches swept of junk last Saturday when PETCO, the Plastics Federation and the Overberg community launched a big clean-up initiative.
A great new development on the polystyrene front is the move towards washing dirty post-consumer waste.
Extrupet has just become the first recycler in Africa to produce food grade recycled PET (rPET) for the food and beverage industry.
This year the common sense habit of recycling your daily waste needs to become as natural as eating your daily bread ' create work, and food, for many.
Finally we can now purchase sandwiches packed in recycled plastic ' thumbs up for Woolies!
The most common container in the soft drink market today in South Africa is the plastic bottle, or more specifically, the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle.
'Design for Recycling' workshops encouraged packaging designers to consider life solutions for their products.
It's the middle of a cold and stormy Cape winter and your hollow-fill duvet or thermal underwear might just be made from recycled PET.
`Conserving our planet`s resources and investing in a cleaner world` is not just advertising jargon posted for public sentiment, but a pay-off line that has hard evidence in the way that Peninsula Beverages, the Bottler of the products of The Coca-Cola Company in the Western Cape, runs their business. According to PenBev`s Manufacturing Director Greg Morse, the company has undergone significant changes in many areas of production and distribution.
This winter many regions of our country once again experienced bitterly cold temperates. Some of us were shivering in un-insulated homes and offices. Cold bodies struggle with compromised immune systems and viral infections have a field day.
