PLASTIC
A survey on the 2014 performance of the South African plastics industry has shown that 1.4-million tons of plastics from domestic production and imported materials were converted over the year, remaining flat on volumes seen in the prior year. The results, released by Plastics SA last month, further revealed that the conversion rates – measured in tonnages – for certain types of plastics had increased, while others had decreased, owing to the impact of light-weighting plastics packaging, which had a marked increase on South Africa’s consumption rate.
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