Plastic bottles are not trash.
To date, recycling PET bottles has saved over 4.3 million m3 of landfill space.
In 2018, recycling PET bottles created an estimated 68 000 income opportunities.
PET plastic bottles are destined for more than spending the rest of time in landfill.
When recycled, PET plastic bottles are turned into many new and useful products, like fibre-fill for duvets and pillows, PET trays for fruit, geotextiles, and even brand new bottles.
PET is too valuable to be thrown away, so Do 1 Thing. Recycle.
THE IMPACT DASHBOARD BELOW IS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE IMPACT THAT PETCO HAD IN 2018. THESE ARE LINKED TO THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG’S) WHICH ARE A COLLECTION OF 17 GLOBAL GOALS SET BY THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 2015 FOR THE YEAR 2030.
PET packaging can be made from up to 100% recycled PET, recapturing both the material and the inherent energy of the original package.
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As with virgin PET, recycled PET (rPET) can be used to make many new products
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Plastic bottles are valuable. And this value creates income opportunities for informal collectors.
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Recycling PET bottles over the last ten years has saved a total of 651 000 tons of carbon, avoided using 2.7 million m3 of landfill space and reduced resource consumption.
+Modern living has driven the desire for convenience foods in ready-to-prepare and single-serve formats. This has given rise to all sorts of products that could not exist without packaging - like carbonated soft drinks, long life milk, ready meals and household chemicals, even electronic products like computers and TVs that need to work as soon as they're out the box.
But once it's performed this function, packaging takes on an entirely different face: it becomes cumbersome waste. By not considering the impact of packaging on the waste stream, the ugly and unwanted perception people have of packaging will continue.
The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries has called the Plastics Colloquium to consider the effectiveness of recent or current initiatives to address the challenge of plastic pollution in South Africa. The lessons from the Colloquium will assist in directing possible projects, programmes and policies that South Africa could take to address the plastic pollution problem at national level.
Read morePETCO has shareholder and associate members. Our shareholder members are the visionary companies who pay levies and grants, and credit for funding PET recycling in South Africa goes to them. Our associate members are the amazing individuals, non-profits, schools, municipalities and other companies who are passionate about reducing, reusing, recycling and recovering. We salute you all.
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