AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS

SOUTH AFRICA – The South African Military Health Service (SAMHS) has joined forces with plastics recycling company PETCO South Africa to launch a separation-at-source recycling…

UGANDA – Agricultural scientists in Uganda have invented biodegradable plastics from agricultural waste for wrapping nursery seedlings. The move aims to eliminate the use of…

GHANA – Trashy Bags, a local waste recycling company is driving sustainability in Ghana by converting plastic waste into reusable products. Located in Dzorwulu, a…

  SOUTH AFRICA – Plastics producer Kainotomia Polymers, the Association of Rotational Moulders of Southern Africa (ARMSA) and the Expanded Polystyrene Association of Southern Africa…

SOUTH AFRICA – Packaging company Nampak’s CEO Erik Smuts has resigned, effective April 20, and will be replaced on an interim basis by Phildon Roux.…

EGYPT – Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA) has signed three financing agreements worth a combined €22 million (US$24.10m) with SEMADCO, Flex P Films, and Huhtamaki…

NIGERIA – Unilever Nigeria, a subsidiary of consumer goods company Unilever, has teamed up with Bridges Outcomes Partnerships and social enterprise Wecyclers to manage plastic…

MOROCCO – AMG Packaging, a subsidiary of the Italian group Pro-Gest specializing in the marketing of food packaging has invested 266 million dirhams (US$26.3m) to…

SOUTH AFRICA – Paper and packaging group Sappi has been ordered to pay US$0.44 million (R8m) after pleading guilty to contravening environmental law by exceeding…

SOUTH AFRICA – Heineken-owned beer brand Amstel Lager has unveiled a new contemporary packaging design, which debuts on South African shelves in April. Amstel said…