Mpact has launched their new recycling programme that finally includes milk cartons, juice boxes and so much more. The process will make recycled paper.
Mpact has opened their liquid paper recycling plant in Springs, Ekurhuleni. They built a pulping factory for around R46 million. The plant will be able to recycle liquid containers like Milk Cartons, juice boxes and disposable coffee cups.
These types of packaging have not been recyclable until this point. Many of these items ended up in our landfills. The new recycling branch means 500 work opportunities will be available to public.
Mpact processes the cartons through a special pulping process, where the paperboard reduces into a pulp and separates from the polyalu (polyethylene and aluminium foil) layer. The pulp is then used to make new paper-based products.
The plant is predicted to recycle 25,000 tonnes per year. Recycling the empty cartons is easy and only requires the removal of the cap and turning out the corners to flatten. According to PRASA, for every one tonne of paper recycled, three cubic metres of landfill are saved and about twelve jobs are created.
“As the leading recycler of paper products in South Africa, we are excited to be working with Tetra Pak in our joint efforts to unlock and increase collections of used beverage cartons.”
“This campaign of collecting cartons will help us increase the volume of recyclable material and help reduce waste going to landfill sites,” – John Hunt, Mpact Recycling managing director
This is brilliant news for all you avid recyclers out there and for the environment.
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