Waste Management Workshop Hosted by SDCEA
The South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) hosted a pivotal Waste Management Workshop on 29 May 2025 at the Diakonia Centre in Durban Central. The workshop brought together about 80 stakeholders from various sectors in the KZN recycling space to share knowledge, promote sustainable waste practices, and strengthen community participation in environmental stewardship. Waste Pickers […]
MetPac-SA Explores Australia’s Return and Earn Model with TOMRA Cleanaway
In May 2025, Kishan Singh, CEO of MetPac-SA, and Sally-Anne Käsner, founder of Circular Vision, recently visited TOMRA Cleanaway’s Eastern Creek Sorting Facility in New South Wales (NSW) Australia. This visit offered a first-hand look at the operations of Australia’s NSW’s Return and Earn program — a leading example of a successful container deposit scheme […]
MetPac-SA Visits Cleanaway’s State-of-the-Art Western Sydney MRF
In May 2025, Kishan Singh, CEO of MetPacSA, and Sally-Anne Käsner, Founder of Circular Vision, recently visited the Cleanaway Western Sydney Material Recovery Facility (MRF) — one of Australia’s most advanced recycling centres, located in New South Wales. This visit formed part of MetPacSA’s broader learning journey to explore international best practices in resource recovery […]
MetPac-SA Showcased on the Global Stage at AIP 2025 in Sydney
We’re proud to announce that Dr. Kishan Singh, CEO of MetPacSA, represented South Africa at the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) 2025 Conference, held on 6–7 May in Sydney. As the leading professional body for packaging education and training in Australasia, the AIP plays a vital role in developing industry expertise across packaging technology, business […]
KZN EDTEA Waste Picker’s Support Programme and EPR Roadshow
Report compiled by a representative from the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs 1. PURPOSE To provide a brief overview of the outcomes and proceedings of the three-day (3) Amajuba District Waste Pickers Support Programme and EPR Roadshow. This programme was conducted by the Department in partnership with MetPac-SA from May 27 […]
MetPac-SA Celebrates the Women Driving Change in the Recycling Industry
MetPac-SA recently hosted its inaugural International Women’s Day event on April 23, 2025, in Durban, a vibrant celebration of the women shaping South Africa’s recycling and sustainability landscape. The gathering brought together female entrepreneurs, recycling pioneers, and government representatives for a day of shared stories, insightful conversations, and valuable networking. The auspicious event, themed in […]
MetPac-SA and GeT Metal Group Celebrate Metal Packaging Circular Economy
On the 20th of May 2025, MetPac-SA proudly hosted a “Metal Packaging Recovery Process Appreciation Day” at one of our strategic post-consumer aluminium packaging recovery and re-melting foundries, GeT Metal Group in Cape Town. The event brought together many of our valued PRO members for a first-hand look at how used beverage cans are reborn into pristine […]
MetPac-SA Exceeds EPR Targets in Metal Packaging Recovery and Recycling
Durban, 16 April 2025. MetPac-SA, the Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) for metal packaging in South Africa, has announced significant progress in achieving, and in some cases, exceeding the Government’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) targets set by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) for Year 3 of implementation. Now entering its fourth year […]
Announcing New EPR Fees for 2025
MetPac-SA, wishes to inform our valued members of the approved Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) fee adjustments that will come into effect with the 2025 invoicing cycle. Since the inception of the EPR Scheme, MetPac-SA has operated on a conservative fee structure to establish the groundwork for a financially viable and sustainable metal collection and recycling […]
MetPac-SA Celebrates Trash4Treats Awards Ceremony at Palmview Primary
Durban, 3 March 2025. The success of the Metpac-SA Trash4Treats inter-school recycling competition was celebrated in style at a special awards ceremony held recently at Palmview Primary in KwaZulu-Natal. Hosted and sponsored by MetPac-SA in partnership with [dot]GOOD, the event recognised the remarkable efforts of learners, educators, and waste collectors in promoting sustainability through metal […]