Address UN Sustainable Development Goals to build a regional collation of UN, NGO, Global Bottlers and Local Governments to invest in an rPET facility.
Challenges
COVID-19
Price of virgin material is lower than
recycled material (oil driven)
Collection is labor and equipment intensive
Ability to collect revenues and disperse to collectors severely diminished
Single-use safer than reused perception issue (possible)
PET to rPET
South Africa’s PETCO Model:
Take advantage of current (and expanded) collection networks.
Centrally locate a rPET Recycling plant (bottle to bottle) amongst the countries of Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.
Market for rPET is growing and is not being filled.
Take advantage of a nation’s development initiative to be a regional and international economy leader (growth).
