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Plastics SA release 2019 recycling figures

SAPRO SnippetsBy Lisa Parkes October 12, 2020 1,206 Comments

Plastics SA, the umbrella body representing the entire South African plastics industry, has just released the plastics recycling figures for the year ending December 2019. Showing that during 2019, 503,600 tons of plastics waste was collected for recycling. Of this, more than half (362,800 tons) was packaging – giving South Africa an input recycling rate of 45.7 %. See the executive summary at https://www.plasticsinfo.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Plastics-Recycling-in-SA-2019-Executive-Summary.pdf

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SAPRO Covid19 communication

SAPRO SnippetsBy Lisa Parkes March 25, 2020 271 Comments

Dear SAPRO members. Drastic times call for drastic measures and in the face of tomorrow’s lockdown and ‘Corona pandemic’ we do hope you are all being pragmatic, proactive and pulling together in considering your plans to weather the next few weeks. We anticipate COVID-19 will disrupt the value chain and affect your operations, we just…

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South African Government launch “Debt Relief Fund” to help small business during Coronavirus pandemic

SAPRO SnippetsBy Lisa Parkes March 23, 2020 3,600 Comments

This Debt Relief Fund aimed at providing relief on existing debts and repayments, to assist SMMEs during the period of the COVID-19 State of Disaster. https://www.goodthingsguy.com/business/south-african-government-debt-relief-fund-coronavirus/ For SMMEs to be eligible for assistance under the Debt Relief Fund, the applicant must demonstrate a direct link of the impact or potential impact of COVID-19 on the…

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Workplace Preparedness: COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-19 virus)

SAPRO SnippetsBy Lisa Parkes March 23, 2020 808 Comments

Members please see the Department of Employment and Labour’s guidance on workplace preparedness in the face of the Corona crisis at https://www.labourguide.co.za/workshop/1773-covid-19-guideline-mar2020/file

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Great strides being made in the co-development of a South African Plastics Pact

SAPRO Snippets, UncategorizedBy Lisa Parkes June 3, 2019 390 Comments

The South African Plastics Pact has evolved since it was unveiled at the Design for Recycling event at Propak and the GreenCape & Sustainable Retailers Forum Circular Economy event in March this year. During this scoping and engagement phase driven by WWF, we have had an overwhelmingly positive response with 6 retailers, 4 brand owners,…

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SAPRO Best Recycled Product Awards wow!

SAPRO SnippetsBy Lisa Parkes November 14, 2019 255 Comments

A simple shipping pallet made from recycled plastic, manufactured by Palletplast, trumped twenty seven other semi-finalists winning the South African Plastics Recycling Organisation (SAPRO) Best Recycled Plastic Product Awards 2019. Dubbed “the Oscars of the Plastics Industry”, the Best Recycled Plastic Product Awards were held on Monday, 04 November 2019 at Workshop17, V&A Waterfront Cape…

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Farewell Annabe’

SAPRO SnippetsBy Lisa Parkes September 12, 2019 1,653 Comments

We never thought we’d see the day that we bid farewell to Annabe! With three decades of experience in the South African plastics industry under the belt, Annabe leaves us as General Manager to spend more time on her small holding (with 1 cat, 2 dogs, 10 geese, 15 chickens, a barn owl couple, a…

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Protecting your business- so you can keep the cycle going

SAPRO SnippetsBy Lisa Parkes September 12, 2019 404 Comments

We are very aware that insurance of your premises and operations is proving to be a challenge and as an organization want to take this forward with insurers and FSP’s to try and find a solution for our members. Characterised by high number of incidents and severity fire losses, the recycling industry is undoubtedly a…

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South African Plastics Pact steaming ahead!

SAPRO SnippetsBy Lisa Parkes September 12, 2019 1,491 Comments

Efforts of WWF and SAPRO are bearing fruit and we are progressing well on the journey in developing the South African Plastics Pact. We have reached the next milestone, after the workshop on 14 June, with the Founding Membership pack now sitting on desks of leading Brand Owners and Retailers for signature. These Founding Members…

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SAPRO attended FIRST Thursday – May 2018

SAPRO SnippetsBy braam May 3, 2018

Minister Alan Winde Mandy Naude-Polyco Minister Winde has provided a short welcome and introduction to the importance of recycling and its role in a greener, more circular economy that supports country wide business development and job creation. SAPRO has recently attended a information sharing session with Polyco regarding the IWMP that are due for…

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