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Science as a foundation for sustainable packaging
Read more: Science as a foundation for sustainable packagingThe food manufacturing, retail and agriculture sectors will increasingly look to science to help develop next-generation packaging that combines environmental sustainability, design innovation, simplicity and cost effectiveness.
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Communities are making big deposits into Ronnie Banks!
Read more: Communities are making big deposits into Ronnie Banks!Schools, churches boost funds by collecting many tons of waste paper Waste paper gets turned into valuable funds when communities band together to support local associations by making deposits at their nearest Ronnie Bank waste paper drop-off point.
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Recycling by the numbers
Read more: Recycling by the numbers1.17-million tons of paper recovered for recycling in 2013.* Mpact Recycling collected 457 000 tons of paper for recycling in 2013. 62% of paper that can be recycled was actually collected.*
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How to make something from nothing
Read more: How to make something from nothingNow's the time to get into recycling, says Mpact Recycling is just about the only way we know to turn something seemingly worth nothing into something of substantial value in terms of jobs, economic growth and, of course, the environment.
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Turning a good reputation into benefits for everyone
Read more: Turning a good reputation into benefits for everyoneHow recycling boosts growth in jobs and factories Recycling has been transformed from a worthy environmentally-focused activity into a fully-fledged business sector that provides jobs for thousands and generates billions for the economy every year.
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Ronnie Recycler shows kids how to be green
Read more: Ronnie Recycler shows kids how to be greenRonnie Recycler is the cartoon-like character that visits schools to help learners understand the benefits of recycling and to encourage them to collect waste paper and cardboard.
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Meet people who make money from waste paper
Read more: Meet people who make money from waste paperCollecting waste paper and cardboard is much more than a good habit and a way of keeping our environment clean. It is also the way that many enterprising people earn money. The recycling industry in South Africa already provides jobs for 100 000 people.
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How recycling quietly became a big business
Read more: How recycling quietly became a big businessTransformation into essential activity sustains thousands of jobs. Recycling has been transformed in the consumer's eyes from a worthy environmentally-focused activity into a fully-fledged business sector that provides jobs for thousands and contributes significantly to the economy every year.
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Packaging leader maintains strong presence in Western Cape
Read more: Packaging leader maintains strong presence in Western CapeAs one of the leading paper and plastics packaging businesses in southern Africa, Mpact sees the Western Cape as an important region where it maintains a substantial manufacturing presence.
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Mpact helps makes a difference in Springs
Read more: Mpact helps makes a difference in SpringsMpact, the JSE-listed paper and plastics packaging company, has helped make a real difference to the lives of the communities it touches by raising funds for a mobile kitchen in Springs, Ekurhuleni.
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Mpact investment in PE plant benefits local agriculture and industry
Read more: Mpact investment in PE plant benefits local agriculture and industryMpact’s Port Elizabeth plant has benefited from considerable investment in new case-making equipment recently which will ensure that the company meets growing demand for corrugated packaging in the agricultural and industrial sectors.
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Entries now open for school telephone directory recycling competition
Read more: Entries now open for school telephone directory recycling competitionMpact Recycling, in partnership with Trudon (the publishers of the Yellow Pages), have opened entries to the annual telephone directory and paper drive school competition.
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Entrepreneurial spirit and a little help produce successful recycling business
Read more: Entrepreneurial spirit and a little help produce successful recycling businessAll success stories begin with a little bit of help. But access to financial help, equipment, business training and industry knowledge are often major stumbling blocks for small business initiatives.
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Mpact to help cut logistics costs in poultry industry
Read more: Mpact to help cut logistics costs in poultry industryMore than a billion live chickens are transported across South Africa every year as they move along the production chain from broiler house to supermarket. In the process, hard-pressed producers face significant logistics costs on top of the challenging price of core inputs such as maize feed.
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Mpact's R10m investment offers dairy industry new cost-effective packaging
Read more: Mpact's R10m investment offers dairy industry new cost-effective packagingA R10-million investment by Mpact in its fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) plastics plant in Pinetown in KwaZulu-Natal will enable the Group to produce a new type of packaging, especially for the dairy industry. Mpact is a JSE-listed plastic and paper packaging manufacturer.
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Mpact Recycling's Ronnie Bag goes green
Read more: Mpact Recycling's Ronnie Bag goes greenMpact Recycling’s kerbside house-to-house collection programme will be replacing the highly recognisable orange Ronnie Bag with the new green Mpact Recycling bag.
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Wrap yourself in green this festive season
Read more: Wrap yourself in green this festive seasonWith the festive season countdown already begun, shopping malls are decorated and geared up for Christmas shoppers anxiously hunting for gifts and grabbing armfuls of wrapping paper, gift boxes, greeting cards, advent calendars and other bits and pieces typical of this time of year.
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Lots of room for businesses to push recycling and make a difference
Read more: Lots of room for businesses to push recycling and make a differenceThe South African recycling industry continues to face poor recovery rates of office paper an important raw material for manufacturers of paper and packaging.
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From street to factory: The recycling value chain in action
Read more: From street to factory: The recycling value chain in actionA common sight along many quiet suburban streets and busy thoroughfares are hawkers dragging trolleys piled high with flattened cardboard boxes, plastic bottles and waste material that has been salvaged from households, supermarkets and other sources.
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Mpact paper collections to end in Waterval area
Read more: Mpact paper collections to end in Waterval areaMpact Recycling’s collections of the orange Ronnie Bags will end on Monday 2 December 2013.
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Fact sheet for Mpact’s National Clean-Up Week campaign, 16 – 21 September 2013
Read more: Fact sheet for Mpact’s National Clean-Up Week campaign, 16 – 21 September 2013Recycling in South Africa: According to the Paper Recycling Association of South Africa (PRASA), 1,151,315 tons of paper was recovered in the country in 2012, up 73,674 tons from 2011. The paper recovered in 2012 equates to 57.3% of paper that can be collected and recycled (2011: 58.2%). The slight dip in the percentage recovered…
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Mpact contributes to job creation
Read more: Mpact contributes to job creationAccording to the Paper and Recycling Association of South Africa the pulp and paper industry is one of the largest employers in South Africa, making a significant annual contribution to the economy of some R35,26 billion.
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Mpact expands its Jumbo Bin offering
Read more: Mpact expands its Jumbo Bin offeringMpact Plastic Containers launches new Returnable Transit Packaging product.
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Greater participation is needed to make recycling worthwhile for all
Read more: Greater participation is needed to make recycling worthwhile for allRecycling can be a great contributor to the South African economy with job creation opportunities and direct benefits to the environment.
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Mpact donates R96, 200 to the SPCA and Hospice
Read more: Mpact donates R96, 200 to the SPCA and HospiceOn Thursday 27 June at its offices in Tulisa Park, Mpact Recycling, part of the Mpact Group, handed over a cheque to the SPCA (Johannesburg, Ekhuruleni, Pretoria, and Centurion) and Hospice (Witwatersrand, Pretoria, Centurion) for R96, 200.
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Mpact Springs Mill adopts a school in its community
Read more: Mpact Springs Mill adopts a school in its communityThe sounds of laughter and clatter of people hard at work were heard loud and clear at Tlakula Secondary School as learners and the management team from Mpact’s paper operation in Springs tackled some much-needed projects to improve the school’s facilities.
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Packaging innovation offers efficiency for logistics sector, says Mpact
Read more: Packaging innovation offers efficiency for logistics sector, says MpactCosts and competitive pressures in the logistics sector are driving intensified searches for efficiency improvements across every facet of operations, says Loutjie de Jongh, managing director of Mpact Plastic Containers.
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Packaging decision could spell success or failure in the agriculture sector
Read more: Packaging decision could spell success or failure in the agriculture sectorSelecting the correct packaging is a fundamental decision for players in South Africa’s beleaguered agriculture sector.
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Cardboard makes fresh produce taste better, last longer
Read more: Cardboard makes fresh produce taste better, last longerThe wooden “tomato box†that has for decades been a firm packaging favourite of greengrocers, farmers and supermarkets, has been almost entirely replaced by the cardboard box to carry everything from avocados to zucchini from the fields to the shelf.
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South African fruit exporters must get packaging right in the face of many risks beyond their control
Read more: South African fruit exporters must get packaging right in the face of many risks beyond their controlExchange rate volatility, rising energy, transport and labour costs, unseasonal weather and diseases are just some of the risks beyond the control of South Africa’s fruit exporters, putting a premium on getting packaging right.
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Paper recycling at home will directly reduce impact on landfill sites, increase employment
Read more: Paper recycling at home will directly reduce impact on landfill sites, increase employment“If you’re new to recycling initiatives, then paper is the best place to start,†says John Hunt, managing director of Mpact Recycling.
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Businesses urged to step up paper recycling efforts to help economy, environment
Read more: Businesses urged to step up paper recycling efforts to help economy, environmentSouth African businesses are being urged to step up their paper recycling efforts as part of Recycling Day on Friday, 14th September.
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South African paper recycling recovery rate improving, but more to be done
Read more: South African paper recycling recovery rate improving, but more to be doneThe volume of paper recovered for recycling in South Africa has increased by almost a third over the past decade and could be 63% by 2017, according to statistics from the Paper Recycling Association of South Africa.
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Mpact Recycling: working with local government to drive job growth via recycling
Read more: Mpact Recycling: working with local government to drive job growth via recyclingMpact Recycling is partnering with South African municipalities to increase recycling, creating jobs and reducing the strain on landfill sites.
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New wine range from Van Loveren to use ‘green’ PET bottles produced by Mpact
Read more: New wine range from Van Loveren to use ‘green’ PET bottles produced by MpactVan Loveren’s new wine range, "Tangled Tree", has recently been launched in a 750ml plastic wine bottle that is eco-friendly, fully recyclable and unbreakable. The innovative polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wine bottles were produced by paper and plastics packaging company Mpact. "Mpact and Van Loveren have proven that a PET product can be manufactured to the…
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Mpact launches new packaging solution for meat and poultry retail
Read more: Mpact launches new packaging solution for meat and poultry retailThe food industry can look forward to a healthier, more efficient way in which raw meat and poultry is packaged.
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PET wine bottles from Mpact, quality that’s economical and environmental
Read more: PET wine bottles from Mpact, quality that’s economical and environmentalIn 2010 the Wine and Spirit Board of South Africa approved the use of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) for the ‘South African Wine of Origin’ certificate. Since then the manufacture of PET plastic wine bottles for use locally and internationally has grown because of the benefits of plastic packaging. “One of the most common questions from…
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Paper and packaging is vital to SA economy
Read more: Paper and packaging is vital to SA economyThe paper and packaging industry plays a vital role in stimulating growth in the local manufacturing sector, thereby contributing significantly to the South African economy as a whole. The industry is a key driver of employment, sustainability and food security.
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Mpact appoints new Chief Financial Officer
Read more: Mpact appoints new Chief Financial OfficerMpact is pleased to announce the appointment of Brett Clark as Chief Financial Officer Designate and Executive Director for the recently listed paper and plastics packaging group, effective 1 June 2012.
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Mpact appoints new Chief Information Officer
Read more: Mpact appoints new Chief Information OfficerMpact is pleased to announce the appointment of Vuyo Menye as Chief Information Officer for the recently listed paper and packaging group, effective 1 March 2012.
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Recycling key to sustainability in South Africa
Read more: Recycling key to sustainability in South AfricaThe recycling industry plays a vital role in sustainable development in South Africa, particularly with respect to the environment and job creation.
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Mpact wins overall Gold Pack Trophy at prestigious Packaging Awards
Read more: Mpact wins overall Gold Pack Trophy at prestigious Packaging AwardsMpact was announced the winner of the overall Gold Pack Trophy at the prestigious 2011 Institute of Packaging SA (IPSA) Gold Pack Awards, hosted in Cape Town on 25 October for its RAPPET 187ml Burgundy wine bottle.
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New Year's resolution for 2012 Recycle your paper
Read more: New Year's resolution for 2012 Recycle your paperSouth Africans could make a big difference to the environment if they recycle paper in their households.
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Mpact appoints Company Secretary and Legal Counsel
Read more: Mpact appoints Company Secretary and Legal CounselMpact is pleased to announce the appointments of Noriah Sepuru as Company Secretary and Viroshini Naidoo as Legal Counsel for the newly listed paper and packaging group.