date:Feb 26, 2014
Nampak, producer of plastic milk bottles, commissioned the survey which found that 316,054 tonnes of plastic bottles were collected for recycling in 2012, and of those, 96,396 tonnes were HDPE milk bottles.
Steve Morgan, technical manager at Recoup Recycling, said while the figures were encouraging, more needed to be done.
Later this year the aim is to further increase collection levels of all plastic bottles as part of a national plastic recycling communications initiative Recoup are leading