AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS

SOUTH AFRICA – Paper and packaging group Sappi Southern Africa has joined forces with the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) to launch the Sappi Chair…

SOUTH AFRICA – Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms. Barbara Creecy, has issued a clarion call for urgent action to combat the escalating…

KENYA – Three startups in Mombasa County have been awarded US$50,000 (KES7.2 million) for their unique innovations designed to curb plastic pollution in the coastal…

KENYA – The Kenya PET Recycling Company Limited, (PETCO Kenya) has transitioned to Packaging Producer Responsibility Organization (PAKPRO) in a bid to accelerate recycling of…

SOUTH AFRICA – Global supplier of sustainable packaging solutions, Ardagh Group has announced plans to develop a global Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Cape Town,…

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…

EGYPT – The Egyptian Minister of the Environment, Yasmine Fouad, has announced the expansion of the capacity of the Al-Khanasir solid waste recycling plant in…

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…

NIGERIA – Medical and food safety professionals have kicked against the practice of bottling locally made drinks in plastic bottles, noting that it is unsafe…

EGYPT – Indian packaging film manufacturer Uflex, through its subsidiary Flex P Films Egypt, has announced plans to set up a PET production plant at…