Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Recycling is Creating a Number of Jobs


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 The plastic used to manufacture various beverage bottles and food containers, Recycling PET, has helped generate almost 26,000 indirect jobs. Also, the plastics recycling industry can reduce poverty across SA and contribute to GDP growth.

Chandru Wadhwani, Extrupet’s Chief Operating Officer reported “No longer is it sufficient for packaging to just be ‘recyclable’‚ it must be able to demonstrate that it is in fact being recycled. Designing packaging with recycling in mind from the offset is critical in determining its final recyclability as recyclers are ever cautious about which ‘packs’ they will accept‚ and which they will not.”

PETCO is an industry organization that is in charge of PET recycling in SA.

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