PETCO’s Annual General Meeting took place on Wednesday, 28 August at the SAB World of Beer in Newtown, Johannesburg. The event was well attended by close on 100 stakeholders, shareholders and friends and was an opportunity for the PETCO Board and Management team to report back on the PETCO model and activities that contributed to the increased recovery and recycling of PET plastic beverage bottles and the ongoing diversion of material from landfill.

PETCO’s success can be attributed to the sum of its parts, and its achievement is thanks to the shareholders, members and stakeholders. PETCO recognised these valuable partnerships, in the final segment of the AGM which saw the handing out of the PETCO Awards. which honored stakeholders and celebrated the achievements of individuals, companies and organisations within the PET industry. All who have made extraordinary contributions to the recycling of post-consumer PET in South Africa.

PETCO Awards winners were:

1. PET Collection Company or Organisation of the Year - Remade
2. Woman PET-trepreneur of the Year - Matseke Maserumule, Silver Ink
3. PET-trepreneur of the Year - Andrew Mc Naught, Trashback
4. PET Co-op of the Year - Inhlanzeko- Co-operative, based in Tembisa.
5. PET Recycled Product of the Year Lomold - Wouter du Toit and Woolworths
6. PET Recycling Municipality of the Year - City of Cape Town –
7. Corporate Social Investment Champion of the Year - Nampak
8. PET Recycling Educator of the Year - Gaopaleloe Mothoagae, ABI
9. PETCO Champion Award Kiril Dimitriov, Woolworths and Somesh Rastogi, Extrupet
10. PET Community Outreach Organisation of the Year -Green Guardian, Johan Fourie Back to top ^