AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS

MAURITIUS – The Mauritian authorities have announced the forthcoming construction of a medical waste treatment plant in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).…

EGYPT – Swedish-Swiss multinational food packaging and processing company, Tetra Pak has just signed a US$2.5 million contract with Uniboard for the establishment of a…

KENYA – The government of Kenya has secured a US$4 billion (KES 500 billion) investment from the UK government to support climate action in Kenya.…

SOUTH AFRICA – Mpact, South Africa’s leading paper and plastics packaging business and recycler, Mpact has renamed its Remade On Site service as Mpact Waste…

EGYPT – Prevented Ocean Plastic has expanded into the African continent in a bid to help the entire global program accelerate and collect its next…

SOUTH AFRICA – Ardagh Glass Packaging – Africa has announced plans to add a third furnace (N3) to expand the glass capacity of its Nigel…

EGYPT – Plastic Bank and Henkel Egypt have collected more than 300 million plastic bottles in Egypt, preventing them from reaching the river and seas.…

SOUTH AFRICA – Reusable packaging collector Mpact Recycling has opened its US$8.23 million (R150m) recycling operation in Bridge City, KwaMashu in KwaZulu-Natal. The investment will…

AMESA – American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation, PepsiCo is introducing bottles made from recycled plastic in several markets of Africa, Middle East and…

TANZANIA – Watercom has invested US$99 million (€100 million) in KHS beverage line in Tanzania to meet the demand for water consumption in Tanzania. The…