Recyclers are prepared for the holidays – but they need your help!
Recycling SMMEs around South Africa recently received an early Christmas gift which will aid them in their hard work to rid the environment of plastic pollution – but they can’t do it alone.
The gifts came in the form of 1,500 recycling bulk bags collectively worth R130,000 and were thanks not to Saint Nick, but rather to Safripol – a national company which manufactures polyethene terephthalate (PET) plastic.
The distribution of the bags was overseen by PETCO, which is responsible for PET plastic bottle recycling in South Africa. The one-tonne capacity bags will be used by collectors to store and transport their recyclables.
PET plastic bottles are destined for more than spending the rest of time in a landfill, PETCO says on its website. When recycled, PET plastic bottles are turned into many new and useful products, like fibre-fill for duvets and pillows, PET trays for fruit, geotextiles, and even brand new bottles.
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