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South Africa’s efforts to build a circular economy for post-consumer packaging are in the spotlight with the country’s most experienced producer responsibility organisation, Petco, and recycling partner Extrupet’s new PET processing facility that represents a first-of-its-kind technology for Africa. When it comes on stream in 2025, the facility housing the new R300-million project, will bring PET bottle-to-bottle recycling capability to the Western Cape for the first time - and will add an extra 15 000 tonnes per annum of food-grade recycled PET (rPET) output capacity. In this interview with BizNews, Extrupet joint managing director Chandru Wadhwani and Petco Marketing Manager Kara Levy share the details.
23 Sep 2024 8AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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