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Plastic is a necessary and important part of improving the lives of all South Africans. At Safripol, we have made it our mission to work towards a thriving circular economy.

We use the terms ‘responsible plastic’ and ‘irresponsible plastic’. We define ‘responsible plastic’ as any plastic that is used, handled, and managed responsibly that leads to re-using, re-purposing, recycling, or disposing of safely and correctly. ‘Irresponsible plastic’, by contrast, we define as the plastics that are not used, handled, or managed responsibly, leading to a lack of recycling, over-packaging, dumping, and pollution.

By leading the charge to ‘plastic responsibly’, we take part in and fund projects to educate the public about plastic and recycling and create employment by uplifting communities through various initiatives like separation at source, plastic waste capture from our waterways, beach clean-ups and more.

Over the past three years alone, we, along with our strategic partners have actively supported five major projects with more than 40 spin-offs, from recycling plastics to supplying over 1500 wheelie bins and 5000 waste collection bags for various clean-ups and collection projects. Together, we are helping to keep any kind of waste material out of the environment.