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Survey says: South African plastics recyclers faced recyclate oversupply in 2016

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Last year, 1.144 million tons of recyclable plastic entered the waste stream in South Africa, of which 41.8% was recycled, so reveals the latest survey conducted by trade association Plastics SA. 'This is a year-on-year increase of 5.9%,' says the company's executive director Anton Hanekom.

The largest market (20%) for recyclate was for flexible packaging, with both low and high density polyethylene turned into shopping bags in 2016.

The second biggest market (18%) was the market for clothing and footwear where products such as recycled PET were turned into fibre applications and flexible PVC for shoe soles and gumboots.

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