Recycling

The platform enables users to schedule waste collection, verify transactions digitally and receive secure payments, creating greater confidence for waste generators and collectors while improving traceability throughout the recycling value chain.

Over 100 Reverse Vending Machines (RVMs) have been installed across the state, with more than 65 percent of panchayats issuing no-objection certificates for deployment.

RAM 2027 applies only to packaging placed on the UK market between 1 January and 31 December 2027, with producers continuing to use RAM 1.1 for 2025 and 2026 reporting periods.

A key area of investment is the DRS business, where consumers pay a refundable deposit on packaging products and receive it back upon return for recycling.

The embassy has hinted at plans to expand the initiative to more Nigerian universities following the successful pilot phase.

The project also aims to professionalise the informal sector, which currently handles most e-waste processing through inadequate methods such as open burning that release toxic substances.

The system’s integration of photos and geolocation data helps reduce field processing time and ensures accurate issue identification and resolution.

Petco described this as its largest single infrastructure investment to date, demonstrating commitment to high-value capital infrastructure projects including sorting conveyor systems, balers and forklifts.

The technology pairs a protein-based polymer from Lactips with PureNil 0 paper from SmartSolve to produce a flexible film that disappears in water.

The platform supports Sibanye-Stillwater’s broader strategy of connecting mining, processing and recycling into a single value chain.