{"id":236487,"date":"2022-09-07T22:16:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T20:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=120989"},"modified":"2022-09-07T22:16:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T20:16:56","slug":"boost-your-packaging-recycling-know-how-this-clean-up-recycle-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/boost-your-packaging-recycling-know-how-this-clean-up-recycle-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Boost your packaging recycling know-how this Clean-Up &amp; Recycle Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/boost-your-packaging-recycling-know-how-this-clean-up-recycle-week.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/boost-your-packaging-recycling-know-how-this-clean-up-recycle-week.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The South African National Bottled Water Association (SANBWA) is challenging all South Africans to get both physical and cerebral this Clean-Up &amp; Recycle Week.<\/p>\n<p>Clean-Up &amp; Recycle Week takes place between September 12 and 17 with National River Clean-Up Day falling on September 14, Recycling Day South Africa falling on September 16, and both International Coastal Clean-Up Day and World Clean-Up Day falling on September 17.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet online at www.cleanupandrecycle.co.za and find out where and how you can help to make a significant impact to our outdoor environment \u2013 the parks, the beaches, the trail runs, the pavements, the sporting grounds, the rivers and the lakes we all love to use,\u201d urged SANBWA CEO Charlotte Metcalf.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the physical part of SANBWA\u2019s challenge. Metcalf also wants South Africans to take the time to educate themselves about waste and realistic strategies for overcoming it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d welcome it if South Africans took the time during Clean-Up &amp; Recycle Week to read the most current research and literature about the true environmental cost of the packaging we use, and then critically consider whether strategies like outright bans are the right path to take,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Metcalf pointed to a number of \u2018sensible reads\u2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. https:\/\/plasticsparadox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/The-Plastics-Paradox_ENG.pdf (and a review here: https:\/\/www.plasticstoday.com\/materials\/two-new-books-plastics-two-different-stories)<br \/>2. https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/industries\/chemicals\/our-insights\/climate-impact-of-plastics<br \/>3. https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2022-08-19-focus-on-single-use-plastics-ignores-the-greater-hazard-of-microplastic-contamination\/<br \/>4. https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2022-08-16-why-biodegradable-packaging-might-not-actually-be-biodegradable\/<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all love to complain about packaging waste. And the volume of it, particularly on our beaches and in our rivers, much of it plastic, distresses me. But knee-jerk reactions like complete bans, are not the answer.<br \/>\u201cAdditionally, biodegradable plastics, glass and metal alternatives \u2013 depending on their application \u2013 could cost the environment more than existing packaging. People must think for themselves and not blindly follow trends and movements.<br \/>\u201cA holistic strategy that results in investing in solutions that encourage behaviour change coupled with the implementation of considered, well-thought through new technologies is much closer to the answer.<br \/>\u201cBut, as a nation, we\u2019ll only make those choices if we prepared to understand the problem, accept that there is no such thing as a \u2018silver bullet\u2019, and then put the effort in to drive the change.<br \/>\u201cThat\u2019s why, this Clean-Up &amp; Recycle Week, SANBWA asks you to get physical and cerebral: flex your muscles and your brain,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-chart-bar\"><\/span> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Press Release Views since 1 July 2022:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">166<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/boost-your-packaging-recycling-know-how-this-clean-up-recycle-week\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. The South African National Bottled Water Association (SANBWA) is challenging all South Africans to get both physical and cerebral this Clean-Up &amp; Recycle Week. 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