A swop-shop provides a shopping alternative to our normal money-based system as it allows people to exchange goods and services for their recyclables. It’s uniquely South African and a meaningful way to support communities that may not have a lot of disposable income.
Download our full Swop-shop Guide
Here at PETCO, we don’t manufacture, buy or sell any material. But we have a number of contracted recyclers that do buy PET bottles, who will be able to provide more pricing info.
These recyclers will buy a minimum of 20 tonnes of baled bottles, to be delivered to their plants, and the price you will receive will vary according to bale standard, level of sorting, as well as distance from markets. Here are their details:
| Company | Contact Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extrupet (GP) | Somesh Rastogi | 082 883 3483 | Somesh@extrupet.co.za |
| Extrupet (WC) | Mr Shahid | 082 904 5467 | capetown@extrupet.com |
| Sen Li Da | Theresa Ping Yin | 072 713 3116 | sldbuypetbottle@gmail.com |
| Kaytech (WC) | Clinton McKenzie | 083 461 9490 | clintm@kaytech.co.za |
| Palletplast (WC) | Christopher Smith | 021 905 1725 | christopher.smith@palletplast.co.za |
| Da Run Fa (GP, surrounds) | Vivian Subramoney | 011 864 8687 | info@darunfa.co.za |
Download our full Basic Collector’s Guide
Note: Should you not yet have the capacity to bale material, you will need to sell your material to an intermediate collector or buy-back centre. For a comprehensive list of multi-recycling buy-back Centres: www.mywaste.co.za.
PETCO sees the role of training and mentorship of PET collectors as critical. We specifically help in improving work conditions and assist entrepreneurs to grow and sustain their businesses. We also identify with the need to raise awareness in communities and strengthen relationships with government, to encourage the establishment of separation at source projects and expand existing PET collection into new areas.
PETCO supports visible recycling in the following ways:
We encourage the establishment of separation at source projects and work with communities to expand existing PET collection opportunities into new areas.
We can assist with:
PETCO supports projects with infrastructure, equipment and protective clothing, enhancing working conditions, and helping collectors improve their collection volumes, quality and transport efficiencies.
Equipment provision includes:
All the sponsorship recipients have signed equipment contracts. They are monitored on a monthly basis to track growth.
Download the Criteria for Support document.
We have a range of joint venture projects that helped us promote the growth of visible PET recycling. Take a look at some of the ones where we were involved in 2015.
PETCO partnered with PFSA and Buyisa-e-Bag to sponsor a PET baling machine to the Kruger National Park to ensure that post consumer PET used throughout the Park can be baled and transported to Greens Recycling in Nelspruit. The baling machine has reduced incineration in the Park by an estimated 70%.
The Thinana Co-operative comprises of five women who collect recyclable waste in the village of Senwabarwana (Limpopo).
For the third year in a row, the International Labour Organization and PETCO collaborated with
Our aim is to embed design for recycling into the development of PET packaging. PETCO recognises the need for innovators, designers, manufacturers and packaging decision makers to understand how packaging design decisions affect container recyclability and, where feasible, to design packaging to be compatible with the broadest range of recycling operations.
Our ‘Design for Recyclability’ guideline document is in line with international best practice and knowledge of our current technological capacity.
We host an annual ‘Design for Recycling’ workshop, where we share current thinking on design for innovation and closed loop systems. We also engage brand owners around pack format and design and empower students with information about the fundamentals of design for recycling.