Recent statistics on recycling of post-consumer packaging suggest that South Africa recycled 50.5% of all post-consumer packaging waste in 2012 (BMI, 2013). As with most developing countries, these encouraging recycling figures would not have been achieved without an active informal sector (DST, 2013; Wilson et al., 2013, SAPRO, 2014). An estimated 70-90% of packaging waste recycled in South Africa, is sourced by the informal sector (BMI, 2013), while only 3.3% of urban households are reported to recycle a fair amount of recyclables on a regular basis (Strydom, 2012). This conference poster explains the recycling of post-consumer waste in South Africa: Prospects for growth.
Reference:
Oelofse, SHH, Godfrey L.K., Nahman, A and Strydom WF. 2014. Recycling of post-consumer waste in South Africa: Prospects for growth. In: 22nd Waste Management Conference and Exhibition, Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa, 6-10 October 2014
Oelofse, S. H., Godfrey, L. K., Nahman, A., & Strydom, W. (2014). Recycling of post-consumer waste in South Africa: Prospects for growth. CSIR. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8720
Oelofse, Suzanna HH, Linda K Godfrey, Anton Nahman, and WF Strydom. "Recycling of post-consumer waste in South Africa: Prospects for growth." (2014): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8720
Oelofse SH, Godfrey LK, Nahman A, Strydom W, Recycling of post-consumer waste in South Africa: Prospects for growth; CSIR; 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8720 .
