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The Southern African Plastics Recyclers Organisation (SAPRO) announced the winners of the 2013 Best Recycled Product of the

Year Award at a gala dinner held in Irene, Pretoria.

This annual competition is hosted in collaboration with and forms one of the highlights of the local plastic industrys

Clean-Up South Africa Week - an initiative that encourages South Africans to clean-up and recycle where they work, live or

play. The Oscars of the Plastics Industry acknowledges recycled plastics products and encourages brand owners and industri-

al designers to consider recycled plastics as a material of choice.

The winner of the 2013 SAPRO Trophy for the Best Recycled Product was the Sunlight Dishwashing Bottle from Unilever SA.

Recycled material for the Sunlight bottle is supplied by Extrupet.

The bottles are injection stretch blow moulded

by Nampak Petpak in Isando.

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Anton Hanekom, Executive Director

of Plastics|SA congratulated Douglas

Greig, Chairperson of SAPRO

Over the past five years, has been measuring the plastics recycling rate in

South Africa.

Exciting and viable initiatives will help to grow recycling rates to levels where ZERO PLASTIC WASTE to landfill can become a reality

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Employment Figures in the Plastics Recycling Industry

The figures are based on 60 kg of plastics waste handled per person per day and 200 good collection days per annum

2009 2010 2011 2012

Tonnages Recycled 228 057 241 853 245 696 264 758

Total Employees 4 841 4 812 5 062 5 047

Informal Employment 34 500 36 600 40 950 44 100

Plastics Recycling and Recovery Rates for 2009 to 2012

2009 2010 2011 2012

Total Tons Converted 1 280 000 1 312 700 1 300 000 1 370 000

Total Tons Recycled 228 057 241 853 245 696 272 691

Recycling Rate 17.8% 18.4% 18.9% 19.9%

Waste Exported 5 575 9 054 9 758 14 744

Total Tons Diverted from Landfill 233 632 250 907 255 454 287 436

Recovery Rate 18.3% 19.1% 19.7% 21.0%

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The retailer was motivated to implement this on-pack recycling label process as previous packaging material

information was designed to assist waste collectors and separators not the consumer.

Our shoppers were complaining that some of the packaging material is not recyclable because of the

labelling being used (which was not a recyclability use but a material identifier.) says Kiril Dimitrov,

Woolworths Foods Head of Packaging Procurement and Technical Services.

The aim is for this design to become the adopted standard for all packaging in South Africa. It is currently

supported by , PACSA (the Packaging Council of SA), Paper Recycling Association of SA, SAPRO

(South African Plastics Recycling Organisation), Collect-a-Can, The Glass Recycling Company, PETCO,

POLYCO, Wasteman and Wasteplan. To progress the adoption process, they require nationwide support

from the manufacturing and retail sectors as well as local and national government and municipalities.

The new label provides clear advice to customers on how they can recycle.

MATERIAL SOURCEIndicates which sustainable materials are used in each part of the packaging.

PACKAGING COMPONENTThe specific part of the package referenced by the label.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONSSpecific directions for the consumer to ensure successful recycling e.g. Empty & replace capRecycle if clean & dryRinse before recyclingRinse & insert lid

PROGRAM WEBSITEProvides resources and information on the label, local recyclability and proper recycling.

PACKAGING MATERIALIdentifies the material type of the packaging component as well as if the type is widely recycled or not currently recycled.

RECYCLABILITY ICONIndicates the recyclability of the packaging component.

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Woolworths

recently initiated

and introduced

a new on-pack

recycling label to

inform customers

how to dispose

of the various

components of

the packaging in

a responsible way

and encourage

them to recycle

more of the

packaging. The

initial roll-out took

place in October

and they hope

to have the label

on most of their

packaging in the

near future.

According to Manjary Subiah The most exciting part of being exposed to

an international exhibition such as the K Show, means that has

the exposure to the latest technologies in the plastics and rubber domain;

something which is vitally important for our primary purpose of training

the industrys future Plastics and Rubber practitioners. We also had the

opportunity to network with role players of international brands as well as

promote the training cause of . As such, we are indebted to

companies such as Arburg, Hestico, Leister, and Plastiweld for their firm

support of .

Isaya Mtshweni commented that the opportunity to attend the 2013

K fair was a once in a life time experience. I met world manufacturers of

machines that are used in SA. The level of technology in Germany is very

high and everything is well organised in terms of quality, maintenance,

safety, recycling and production systems. It is important for us to benchmark

ourselves against such standards.

The Thermoplastic Welding Inspection Programme (Non-NQF) provides an

excellent overview for everyone in the plastics fabrication industry. The pro-

gramme focuses on plastics as a material of choice and various fabrication

methods such as butt welding, socket fusion, electro-fusion, hot air, hot air

extrusion and solvent welding, with the main focus being on the inspection

of plastics fabrication welded joints.

For more information, kindly contact:

Gauteng Renee.Mclean@plasticssa.co.za

KZN Desiree.Munsami@plasticssa.co.za

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Marco Solinas (Product Manager UNILOY),

Manjary Subiah (Regional Training Manager -

Plastics|SA ) and Kelvin T. Mills (Director Hestico)

Technical Trainer

Isaya Mtshweni

checking out a

new Butt

Welder at the

K Show

Thermoplastic Welding Inspection

Gauteng Regional Training Manager Manjary

Subiah and Technical Trainer Isaya Mtshweni,

visited the K Show held in Dusseldorf, Germany

late last year.

s Training Division

is proud to announce a brand

new Qualification:

Thermoplastics Welding

Inspection Programme.

visits the K Show

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1. Mfundo Mzulwini

of the

KZN team,

successfully

completed

our Butt

Welding

course.

2. Hydrodifusions technology day at KZN was well attended.

International Training Manager

Ramesh Paker ensured attendees were

well equipped to understand latest

developments in this field. The plan is

to hold quarterly technology days for all

welding companies in the future.

3. NQF 3 Polymer Composites Learnership students recently completed their Fire

Extinguisher training held at our Durban

Branch.

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is proud to welcome

Grant Crosby-Emery as the new

technical trainer for the Western and

Eastern Cape regions.

Grant is based at the

Maitland offices in

Cape Town.

Born in England, Grant left with his family for the warmer

temperatures of SA, at a young age. After qualifying as a

chef, Grants foray into the plastics industry began as a setter

with Bichler Industries on extrusion and injection moulding

machines, until he was sent to Japan for PET setter training.

During his 13 years at Hilfort Plastics, Grant was responsible

for in-house training of their setters.

He is keen to pass on some of this manufacturing and

mechanical knowledge to learners. We look forward to many

more years of successful training and development from

Grant and the Western Cape Team.

Grant is married with a son and enjoys radio controlled

aircraft and motorcycling in his spare time.

Grant Crosby-EmeryNewly Appointed Technical Trainer

EDUCATION is the most powerful weapon which can B E U S E D T O change the world.

Nelson Mandela

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Huge turnout for

Clean-up and Recycle W E E K 2 0 1 3

runs

several campaigns,

competitions and

clean-up even