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“Through its active involvement each year, the plastics and packaging industry has proven that its concern for marine litter is not just an awareness project, but a driving passion that transforms actions into words” The results of the 2018 International Coastal Clean-up, which took place on Saturday, 15 September 2018, have just been released. “For […]
Ursula Henneberry, former operations director of RecyclePaperZA, South Africa’s paper recycling association, shares some helpful hints and tips on paper recycling, especially when it comes to gifts.
How can neuromarketing – using combinations of biometric measuring techniques to analyse consumer reactions – be a tool that makes packaging development more efficient? The answers will be supplied by Iggesund Paperboard and Tobii Pro, a global leader in the field of eye tracking, in exclusive seminars targeted at both companies’ customers. “With eye tracking […]
Tetra Pak, the leading food processing and packaging company, is celebrating 60 years in South Africa. With a world class manufacturing plant, established in 1979 in Pinetown, Tetra Pak South Africa has grown since its establishment to almost 2 billion packages to meet the needs of the growing population in the region. “Tetra Pak was […]
The Paper Recycling Association of South Africa (RecyclePaperZA), the 15-year-old paper recycling arm of the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA), has a new name and identity: RecyclePaperZA. “For the past few years, members of the public have increasingly confused us with the state-owned enterprise, RecyclePaperZA,” explains PAMSA executive director Jane Molony. “We have […]
The Manufacturing Circle – the voice for the South African manufacturing industry – is participating in the Jobs Summit this week. The Manufacturing Circle’s purpose is to promote the interests of manufacturers to enable job-rich growth in the South African economy. Says Philippa Rodseth, executive director, “The Jobs Summit is particularly relevant as the manufacturing […]
When English comedian, actor & social commentator, Stephen Fry, tweeted about the effect that digital signage has on print, his words were profound – “One technology doesn’t replace another, it complements it – books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators! Just as video didn’t kill the radio star in the 70s […]
We use them every day. Cartons of milk. Boxes of juice. Cups of take-away coffee on the way to work. A bowl of popcorn and our favourite soft drink at the movies. All of these containers have two things in common: they are made mostly of paperboard and are now recyclable in South Africa. Paper […]
Recycling. A word that fills you with delight or dread. Perhaps you’ve tried recycling but couldn’t find anywhere to drop your items off. Maybe you’re hooked and love to see how little waste from your home or office goes to landfill. Or maybe you’re trying but you feel you’re missing the mark somewhere. The Paper […]
On Tuesday 4 September, the Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (PAMSA) and Mpact Recycling hosted a group of journalists at the Mpact Paper Springs mill, taking them on a tour of the mill. This gave them an opportunity to see the ins and outs of the paper recycling process.Speaking at the event, John Hunt, […]