PAMSA and RecyclePaperZA are not involved in the actual collection and recovery of paper products. Please contact our recycling members for a list of what they collect.
You can drop off the waste paper at your nearest buy-back centre. Please visit www.mywaste.co.za to find a buy-back centre near you, or contact one of our RecyclePaperZA members.
No only pulp, paper and tissue manufacturers can belong to PAMSA.
If you are a waste collector, you can complete a Collector registration form.
If you are involved in the collection and sorting of waste you may need to register with SAWIC.
We do not represent machinery suppliers. We suggest contacting some of the following companies:
Please visit our members’ page for details of our tissue manufacturing members.
If you are interested in manufacturing tissue, then you will need a significant amount of start-up capital. We suggest you contact equipment suppliers. Below are some of the websites where you can purchase the toilet paper manufacturing equipment:
If you are interested in converting jumbo reels of tissue into toilet rolls, you need to purchase a converting machine that you can operate from a small factory. You will then purchase jumbo rolls of tissue from one of the toilet tissue manufacturers. Listed below are the tissue manufacturing companies that could be of assistance:
No, PAMSA does not have a course currently available on starting a tissue paper manufacturing company. However, PAMSA is currently working on a new qualification through the Quality Council of Trade and Occupations for a Tissue Converter Occupational Certificate.
We only offer bursaries for postgraduate research projects in chemical engineering that are relevant to the pulp and paper sector. It is open to final year or graduate Bachelor of Science students interested in pursuing a Master’s degree. Applications open in April each year and close end June.
Some of our member companies may offer scholarships and bursaries. Kindly visit their respective websites.
No, PAMSA does not currently offer any short courses/workshops for Pulp and Paper Technology. However, we are currently putting together various technical short courses that will be available to the industry in the future.
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