The Global Day of Recycling, celebrated on 18 March, offered the opportunity to reflect on how the prosperity of Africa should be promoted through inclusive growth of economies, while reducing the environmental impact of packaging waste. Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) has made its aggressive recycling targets a top business priority, along with key success indicators for growth and profitability, according to Coca-Cola Chief Executive.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 31st March 2021

Plastic waste from factories and businesses is turned into extremely powerful paving bricks by a Nairobi-based social enterprise. Nzambi Matee founded Gjenge Makers after becoming frustrated with how little was being done to address the pressing issue of plastic pollution in her country. Her and her team were named Young Champions of the Earth for 2020 by the United Nations Environmental Programme for their resilient building.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 30th March 2021

A PET preform is a test tube-shaped piece of plastic that is produced by a process called injection moulding, using a plastic called PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) that produces liquids and food containers. The Group, with its presence in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia, is known for setting benchmarks in the manufacturing sector with high quality standards in terms of customer satisfaction and the adoption of top-of-the-range.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 5th March 2021

New standards for Kraft paper processing have been accepted by Kenya's Bureau of Standards (KEBs). The guidelines define the sampling and testing criteria for Kraft paper used in the packaging of greasy and oily foods, as well as dry foods like sugar and flour, bread bags, shopping bags, wrappings, and laminates. The new guidelines specify grease or oil resistance, pH, cobb, dimensions, heavy metal and organic pollutants limits, and.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 5th March 2021

Today's companies call for creative and superlative strategies to succeed in this rapidly changing marketplace. With Green Food Packaging, businesses can gain unprecedented insights and awareness of the best business prospects in their relevant markets. Due to rising demand at the end user level, the market will witness growth during the forecast period. The green food packaging market will hit an approximate size of USD 311.7 billion by.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 26th January 2021

Nestlé has collaborated with local sustainability consultant TS Environment to set up a programme for the recycling of plastics waste in Ethiopia. The goal of the programme is to achieve the neutrality of plastics in the next 12 months. This ensures that Nestlé would have extracted and co-processed the equivalent amount of plastic found in the goods sold and avoided the further flow of plastic into the landfills. An expected 40 tonnes of.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 30th December 2020

Kenya PET recycling company (PETCO) has launched a material collection facility in the named county that will boost the waste collection and segregation in collaboration with the Kajiado County Government and the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). A PETCO-sponsored pelleting facility worth  KES 50 million was designed to help the county handle its rising waste material by processing up to 10 tonnes of PET per day. The.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 30th December 2020

A rise in disposable income coupled with a high standard of living is escalating the use of paper for packaging, which in turn boosts the growth of the market for paper chemicals. The demand has also fuelled a rise in the use of paper for printing and writing applications. The size of the Paper Chemicals market is expected to hit $42 billion by 2025, after a 3% rise in the CAGR during 2020-2025. Paper chemicals are a category of chemicals.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 8th December 2020

YORPAK Egypt had announced their participation at the Africa’s highly rated exhibition 23rd PPPexpo which will be held at Dar es salaam, Tanzania from 07th to 09th April 2021.Yorpak will be showcasing Material made from high impact copolymer Polypropylene. The grade which is been used is selected by its Engineering & Materials department for Excellent impact stacking resistance to shocks and mishandling.This group of companies has tripled.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 8th December 2020

DOB Equity, an impact firm, is investing additional funds into a Kenyan-based plastic waste recycling company, Mr Green Africa. Mr Green Africa will be able to expand its operations in Kenya with this second investment from the family firm. The plastic waste recycling industry is taking shape in Kenya. Mr. Green Africa has just earned funds to grow his work in the region, one of the operators in this field. DOB Equity, an impact investor.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 24th November 2020

The purring of machines ushers us into a well-designed lab, one of many office spaces inside the sleepy LakeHub tech incubation centre in Kisumu’s leafy suburb of Milimani. Around 18 three-dimensional printers have settled on the shelves buzzing towards additive manufacturing which is all received from a command from a laptop resting on a table. Daisy Achieng informed that "a minimum of 3,000 3D printed medical units were delivered to.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 28th October 2020

Advocacy by manufacturers to support plastic recycling striving in avoiding the ban towards the use of the plastic material for packaging commodity. With Kenya's stringent rules against use of plastics to protect the environment. Following which the ban was carried on with the prohibition of single-use plastics in protected areas including national parks, forests and beaches. Plastics are, however, still allowed in packaging of commodity.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 28th October 2020