plasticbottles

24 Feb

Coca-Cola announces 10 million birr subsidy for plastic bottle recyclers

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Coca-Cola announces 10 million birr subsidy for plastic bottle recycling association Coca-Cola Beverages Africa-Ethiopia announced a 10 million birr subsidy program aimed at increasing the collection capacity of plastic bottle collecting associations in Addis Ababa. The subsidy program, which will be implemented in two phases for one year, will benefit 30 associations that collect used plastics in Addis Ababa city, and the organization will provide support of 10 million birr. The subsidy will be given to the associations based on their performance, and CCBA-Ethiopia will provide a subsidy of 1,000 birr for every 1,000 kilograms of plastic collected. The company…

04 Jul

Govt to scarp colored plastic bottles

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The usage of masterbatch (MB), which is used for coloring plastic bottles in the bottled water industry, is to be halted if the new recommendation of the relevant government body findings is to push through.Traditionally most of Ethiopian water bottlers have been using MB to colorize their plastic bottle to blue, which to some degree has its share of costs in foreign currency. Ashenafi Merid, General Manager at the Ethiopian Beverage Manufacturing Industries Association, said that the implementation of forbidding companies on using MB would have multiple advantages for the bottlers and the country in general.“For instance companies which are…