Recycling

New machinery launches, live demonstrations and technologies addressing real production and operational challenges will give visitors plenty to explore at Propak Cape 2026, taking place at the Cape... 

When Propak Cape 2026 opens at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) on 27 October, Tetra Pak will bring a clear message to food and beverage producers: the biggest gains now come... 

Designed as a direct replacement for a diesel engine industrial open power unit (IOPU), global power systems provider Perkins says its new hydrogen hybrid IOPU has completed extensive development... 

Motor oil is not generally known for its contribution to fashion. Engen just changed that, with the unveiling of Engen Engen Xtreme Kouture, a fashion collection inspired by the people who keep... 

The European Commission has designated two major investments by Polish copper producer KGHM Polska Miedz as strategic projects under the EU's Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), the company said on... 

Propak Cape returns to Cape Town from 27-29 October 2026, bringing together more than 200 exhibitors showcasing the latest developments across packaging, plastics, printing, labelling and food... 

South Africa’s waste challenge is approaching a critical point. As landfill capacity comes under increasing pressure, illegal dumping continues to proliferate in some urban areas and waste... 

Thousands of South Africans answered Plastics SA’s “It Starts With Me” call to action throughout the month of September, collecting litter, separating recyclables and taking responsibility for the... 

Clean-Up & Recycle SA Week, which was hosted by the plastics industry umbrella body, Plastics SA from September 14 to September 20, aligns with the organisation’s recycling campaigns to promote a... 

As packaging manufacturers, brand owners and retailers continue to focus on labelling, traceability, product identification and increasingly sophisticated barcoding technologies, the substrate on... 

Supply chain leaders are integral to the transition to a circular economy. From sourcing and production to logistics, recovery and reuse, supply chains play a key role in determining whether... 

US minerals processing startup Valor has hired the former vice president of engineering at recycler Redwood Materials as part of its push to commercialize its technology. Valor is among a wave of... 

South Africa’s stainless steel industry needs coordinated interventions across the value chain to address weak domestic demand, rising energy and logistics costs, global overcapacity and increasing... 

Food processing and packaging solutions company Tetra Pak has commissioned a new PolyAl processing plant in Germiston, Gauteng – a R19-million investment that will help convert used beverage... 

The US is paying record prices to import aluminium, yet it discards more than $1-billion worth of aluminium cans into landfills every year, finds AI waste intelligence company Greyparrot. The cans... 

South Africa generated close to 67 million tonnes of hazardous waste in 2017, and more than 93% of it was sent to landfill, according to the country's National Waste Management Strategy (NWMS).... 

Mitsubishi Materials said on Wednesday it would invest about 8-billion yen ($52-million) to expand tungsten recycling capacity at its subsidiary Japan New Metals, as Japan seeks supplies of the... 

The platinum market recorded a surplus in the second quarter of the year, for the second successive quarter, at 244 000 oz, industry organisation the World Platinum Investment Council’s (WPIC’s)... 

Horizon Europe, which is the EU's key funding programme for research and innovation, has launched a new project called CIRCUIT4EU to recover critical raw materials and strategic raw materials from...