PET RECYCLING AFRICA

Private sector enters recyling business / Megh Group erects plant in Kenya / Alpla builds facility in South Africa

RECYCLING

Africa's first bottle-to-bottle recycling plant opens in Johannesburg / Machinery supplied by Starlinger

MPACT

Leading South African rigid plastic packaging producer plans EUR 24m PET recycling plant / Start-up for 2015

SOUTH AFRICA

1.4 bn PET bottles recycled in 2011 / Most regrind activity in Gauteng province / Local bottle-to-fibre market saturated