Entries are now open for the third annual “Best Recycled Plastics Product of the Year” Competition.
Cape Argus cyclers are going to be encouraged to cycle and recycle at the same time this year!
Johannesburg: After Minister of Health, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi banned the manufacturing, importation, exportation and sale of polycarbonate (PC) infant bottles containing of Bisphenol A (BPA), many chemical scare stories, urban myths and internet-rumours started to spread like wildfire.
The first group of students who were enrolled in the Whisper Boat Building Academy (WBBA), the Cape Town Boatbuilding and Technology Initiative (CTBI) and Plastics|SA pilot project to equip deaf students with the skills to work with composites and the art of boat building, received their certificates of competence in lamination at a graduation ceremony held in their honour last week.
Plastics|SA's purpose is to:
- Enable a vibrant and sustainable plastics industry in South Africa
- Be valued and respected by local and international industry, customers, suppliers, government, community and employees;
- Promote the use of plastics as the material of choice;
- Develop the skills needed through accredited training programmes;
- Support environmentally responsible actions that benefit industry and society.
Plastics|SA, the umbrella body representing the plastics industry of South Africa, was awarded the 2011 Enviropaedia Award for Recycling at the inaugural Eco-Logic Awards ceremony which took place in Cape Town on Saturday evening in partnership with The Greenest Event expo.
The audited results of this year’s International Coastal Clean-Up Day, which took place on 17 September 2011, show that plastic litter continues to be a problem on South Africa’s beaches.
Spring is in the air and South Africans are starting to emerge from their homes after a long and cold winter.
