Being Green - 30 March 2018
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How many 5-litre plastic bottles of water did you see on your travels recently?
Last week you may have heard here on B/G how the stream of plastic bottles arriving in the Cape is being intercepted and handled, thanks to some smart interactions by plastics manufacturers, and the bottled water industry.
Three companies are stepping up to the plate with plans – PETCO, the PET plastic bottle recycler; Extrupet who actually make the bottles, and one of the users, Oasis Water. A fifteen metric ton consignment of used bottles is off to recycling plants in Gauteng, which means that half-a-million bottles will be kept out of landfills, or from landing in the rivers, and eventually, being washed out to sea. A lot more effort will be needed, and hopefully the private sector, local government, and most importantly you and I, the users, will do our bit. Over 55 percent of PET bottles were recycled in the past year, a record proportion. But that still means that 45 percent wasn’t recycled.
Last week you may have heard here on B/G how the stream of plastic bottles arriving in the Cape is being intercepted and handled, thanks to some smart interactions by plastics manufacturers, and the bottled water industry.
Three companies are stepping up to the plate with plans – PETCO, the PET plastic bottle recycler; Extrupet who actually make the bottles, and one of the users, Oasis Water. A fifteen metric ton consignment of used bottles is off to recycling plants in Gauteng, which means that half-a-million bottles will be kept out of landfills, or from landing in the rivers, and eventually, being washed out to sea. A lot more effort will be needed, and hopefully the private sector, local government, and most importantly you and I, the users, will do our bit. Over 55 percent of PET bottles were recycled in the past year, a record proportion. But that still means that 45 percent wasn’t recycled.
