PLASTIC BOTTLE RECYCLED TONNAGE GROWN BY 822% SINCE 2005 - PETCO
Published on by Janine Osborne, Stakeholders Relations Manager at PETCO in Association / NGOs
PETCO, the organization responsible for fulfilling the South African PET plastic industry’s role of Extended Producer Responsibility, is proud to announce their 2016 recycling figures which indicate an increase in their annual PET recycling rate from 52% of post-consumer bottle PET in 2015 to 55% in 2016, exceeding their expected target for the second consecutive year.
The organisation recycled an additional 22% of post-consumer bottles in comparison to the previous year, with the total PET market growing by 14.8% to 241 269 tonnes.