
MetPac-SA, the new industry body representing
the interests of the local metal packaging industry, will team up with packaging
streams in September to encourage households
to practice recycling in South Africa as part of Clean-up and Recycle SA week. Clean-up
and Recycle SA Week will take place this year from 11 – 17 September 2017,
according to the media release.

Delanie Bezuidenhout, CEO of MetPac-SA,
said, “More than a third of all the aluminium currently produced globally
originates from old, traded and new scrap. The high intrinsic value of metal
scrap has always been the main impetus for recycling, independent of any
legislative or political initiatives. In addition to this obvious economic
dimension, growing environmental concerns and heightened social responsibility,
have served to boost recycling activity in order to conserve resources and to
avoid littering.”
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MetPac-SA is a Product Recovery Organisation (PRO) that
represents the aluminium packaging, steel and tin can industries in South
Africa.
Delanie further added: “Our waste management
partners such as WastePlan and The New Reclamation Group confirm that they also
readily accept and recycle metal food cans and aluminum food packaging at their
commercial sites, and that they have sorters on-site to separate the different
recyclable commodities.”
“Our vision is that zero metal packaging should end up in the environment. With the help of South Africans, we can achieve this target and help develop a strong, sustainable recycling industry,” Delanie concluded.
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