Plastic Packaging focuses on recycling

Plastic Packaging is one of Namibia’s foremost manufacturing companies, producing carrier bags and a range of packaging products used in the fisheries and agricultural sectors. “We have heeded the call by the government to increase Namibia’s manufacturing base,” says its managing director, Jaco Venter.According to him, Plastic Packaging is focused on sustainable employment. “We currently employ 500 individuals across all our subsidiary businesses,” says Venter.“We ensure that our products can be recovered easily from the environment. We ensure that our products are reusable; we ensure that our products can be recycled once they have been used and, ultimately, that our products can be recovered and used as an input in the manufacture of other plastic products such as our Star refuse bags, which are a Namibian product,” he says.“This is to ensure that our products have a full life cycle; a shopping bag recycled today can be turned into a refuse bag in future.”Plastic Packaging has subsidiaries which include Namibia Polymer Recyclers, which recycles selected plastic waste to use in the production of Star refuse bags. Another subsidiary is Namibia Plastic Converters, which manufactures PVC and polyethylene pipes for the agricultural sector and cable ducting for electrical applications. Plastic Packaging has set up a factory in Lubango, Angola, and distribution centres in Upington and Kimberley in South Africa. “Plastic Packaging is also very supportive of clean-up campaigns and assists if called upon. The company assisted with 26 clean-up campaigns in 2017 alone. “Plastic Packaging contributed N$500 000 towards the national clean-up campaign that was initiated by President Hage Geingob,” says Venter.Plastic Packaging is a proud member of Team Namibia, the Namibia Manufacturers’ Association and the Recycle Namibia Forum. OGONE TLHAGE

Plastic Packaging focuses on recycling

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