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PETCO rebrands to Packaging Producer Responsibility Organization (PAKPRO) to boost packaging recycling

KENYA – The Kenya PET Recycling Company Limited, (PETCO Kenya) has transitioned to Packaging Producer Responsibility Organization (PAKPRO) in a bid to accelerate recycling of all non-hazardous packaging materials in the country. The transition from PETCO to PAKPRO® marked a proactive step towards establishing a mandatory EPR for category one products and packaging and committing to offer a much more…

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Ardagh Group to build global Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Cape Town, South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA – Global supplier of sustainable packaging solutions, Ardagh Group has announced plans to develop a global Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Cape Town, South Africa. The new CoE will offer some information technology (IT) services to the company’s businesses across Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Ardagh Group chairman Paul Coulson said: “With world-class technology skills and an established…

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Coca-Cola Beverages Botswana inaugurates new PET line and water treatment plant

BOTSWANA – Coca-Cola Beverages Botswana (CCBB) has unveiled a new state-of-the-art production line and water treatment plant today, representing a total investment of P310 million (US$24.4m). The upgrade will significantly increase the factory’s production capacity and make the company fully compliant in ensuring that clean water is returned to the environment. According to CCBB, the new production line is the…

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Nampak suffers loss in first 6 months, plans reduction in salaries, headcount in 12-month rightsizing

SOUTH AFRICA – JSE-listed packaging group Nampak has swung into an interim loss of more than five times its R455 million (US$23.57m) market value, hit by massive writedowns as well as currency devaluation losses in Angola and Nigeria. The company reported a loss of R2.45 billion (US$126.90m) for its half-year to end-March, from profit of R321 million (US$16.63m) previously, with…

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Propak launches into Ghana to boost local manufacturing industry

GHANA – International exhibition company, Afrocet Montgomery, has launched Propak Ghana to support the industrial transformation and boost the local manufacturing industry in West Africa. Having organized similar shows in Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa, Propak Ghana, scheduled to take place from June 6 – June 8 at the Grand Arena within the Accra International Conference Centre, is expected to…

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Nigeria’s street food contributes to plastic problem, vendors to shift to leaf packaging

NIGERIA – Nigerian street food hawking has been found to contribute to plastic pollution as most vendors use plastic bags for packaging fast food. Most of the local food delicacies are sold by vendors whose livelihoods depend on informal subsistence activities such as local food production and street food hawking. They are part of Nigeria’s vast informal sector, which accounts…

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Java House launches ForestRehabilitation project at Karura Forest in sustainability drive

KENYA – Java House, East Africa’s leading coffee and food chain restaurant, has launched the #ForestRehabilitation project at Karura Forest to support the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 15 (#SDG15). The restaurant chain says the project focuses on protecting, restoring, and promoting the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably managing forests, combatting desertification, halting and reversing land degradation, and halting…

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