From retailers to recyclers, informal waste collectors to plastic converters, what do the key players in the plastic packaging value chain see as the main barriers – and opportunities – to drive increased recycling and use of post-consumer recycled content?

This easy-to-navigate report captures opinions from direct and indirect stakeholders in the plastics value chain, as well as from food packaging experts. The research was an in-depth investigation of the inherent barriers to increasing the recycling rates of plastic packaging in South Africa and to the development of end markets for post-consumer recyclate.
 
Packaging design and demand for recyclate are among the barriers identified that hinder the systemic shift towards a circular plastic packaging economy.
 
A practical infographic introduces the interdependence of each stakeholder in the plastics value chain, and the specific roles and interconnected actions needed to accelerate towards a vibrant recycling industry and a circular economy.