Recycling

The two bodies will cooperate on policy, knowledge, advocacy, and capacity building, including joint dialogues, research, and workshops.

Each Country Program, in Brazil, the GCC, India, Indonesia, and South Africa, addresses key collection, sorting, and recycling infrastructure gaps aligned with national goals, backed by at least $100M in co-financing.

This exit reflects wider paper packaging consolidation, as producers focus on core products to improve returns amid input-cost swings and shifting brand demand.

Integrating smart recycling into daily destinations makes it simpler, more accessible, and more rewarding, while extending material circulation.

To reduce material and boost recyclability, the company is shifting foods packaging to mono-material/polyolefin structures and select products to 100% rPET bottles.

The machine—run by Unique Timber Plastics in Johannesburg’s Heriotdale industrial area, removes plastic and aluminium layers from used cartons, producing pellets reused as industrial inputs.

Polyco, a Pikitup stakeholder and non-profit for SA plastic recycling, pledged machinery to improve productivity and efficiency of on-site collection/sorting cooperatives.

Powder recovery and recycling lets unused and residual metal powders be reprocessed, lowering waste and input costs and supporting circular flows on-site.

The growth programme includes expanding recycled polyolefin output, PP, HDPE, and ABS resins. JC Global also plans new Tamil Nadu plants and chemical recycling capacity to recover residual plastics from mechanical recycling.