Airaga family meets the e-scrap challenge in South Africa

 — Costa and Desiree Airaga set up D Electronics Recycling in 1992 and it has grown into one of the biggest recycling companies in South Africa. Located in Gauteng province, just outside Johannesburg, the business is now run with their three sons. The youngest, Giulio (26), takes care of marketing and is 'pretty much the voice of D'.

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 — Battery recycler Ace Green to supply equipment and technology licensing to Hakurnas Lead Works to set up battery recycling facilities in Israel and Romania ... Strategic partnership will create radically improved environmentally friendly battery recycling in South Africa • December 14, 2022. CAPE BUSINESS NEWS ...

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How to Start a Recycling Business in South Africa

 — Recycling Industry Overview . Recycling is a major activity in South Africa. In terms of recycling output, South Africa currently recycles 46% of all plastic (higher than most countries), 70% of paper, 72% of metal, and 70% of glass.This means the country has one of the most effective recycling industries worldwide.

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Recycling companies across South Africa

 — Johannesburg's municipal refuse collection agency, Pikitup, has a list of recycling buy-back centres in Gauteng, as well as 41 garden refuse transfer sites.Pikitup provides containers to dispose of light garden waste at these sites. Various sites have extended their services to accepting ewaste and used oil.

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Battery recycling takes the driver's seat | McKinsey

 — The recently formed joint venture between Heritage Battery Recycling, Retriev Technologies, and Battery Solutions is another North American example. 9 "Cirba Solutions unveil new combined entity of Heritage Battery Recycling, Retriev Technology, and Battery Solutions, designed to build circular battery supply chain," Business Wire, …

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How To Start a Battery Recycling Business In 10 Steps

3. Determine Your Battery Recycling Business Model. There are several possible types of business models for a battery recycling business including: Pick up and drop off services: You can offer to pick up batteries from businesses and residential areas and then either recycle them on-site or transport them to a recycling facility.

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Battery Recycling Technology & Business Opportunity | MIB

 — Cost of Setting up a Battery Recycling Plant. The cost of setting up a battery recycling plant is relative. Micro plants will cost less than small plants. Setting up a medium plant will cost less than a big plant. So, therefore, the scale of operation will determine the size and number of tools in the plant and the number of workers required.

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SA recyclers' anger at possible extension to export scrap ban

 — The association argues a trade policy cannot be justified as an instrument to address criminality in South Africa. It believes local foundries have embarked on a price predatory process by setting up a complex monopoly, and says this is proved by the daily pricing of Grade 201/HMS by four of the largest scrap metal consumers since May 2023.

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New Battery Recycling Plant Opens in Gauteng

In South Africa, our battery recycling capacity is limited. Before Cwenga Lib launched its facility, the only local recycling plants we had were for lead-acid car batteries, not rechargeable lithium-ion cells. ... Retail businesses – set up a take-back scheme for batteries bought from your shop and send them to Cwenga for recycling.

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Battery Recycling in South Africa

 — Battery Recycling in South Africa. As a nation, we are doing incredibly well when it comes to battery recycling in South Africa. In fact, according to First National Battery, up to 90% of all lead-acid batteries are recycled in our country. That statistic is pretty impressive considering that less than 50% of all of our glass and all our ...

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Battery Recycling | Do you have old lead Acid Batteries?

BHG Power's Battery recycling process has been put in place because we believe in keeping the environment free from pollution. We offer the best price on your second hand or old batteries. As a registered battery recycling company with one of the major smelters in South Africa, we only collect large quantities batteries or you can deliver ...

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Closing the Loop on Energy Access in Africa

5 Opportunities and challenges of battery recycling 5.1 Summary of opportunities 5.2 Challenges of lead-acid battery recycling 5.3 Challenges of lithium-ion battery recycling 5.4 Outlook 6 Recommendations 6.1 Lead-acid battery recycling 6.2 Lithium-ion battery recycling 6.3 Lithium-ion battery repurposing 6.4 Next steps Contributors ...

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How to start a recycling business in South Africa

Before starting out, you should know what you will be working with in your recycling business in order to plan for things such as availability and supply in your area. These include: 1. Cardboard and paper – boxes, magazines, phonebooks, newspapers, etc. 2. Rigid plastics – these include bottles and Tupperware 3. Gla…

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Recycling Process

First Battery's recycling division, Scrap Battery, is responsible for the collection of used lead-acid batteries across South Africa. First Battery Centre franchises act as drop off points for old batteries, while Scrap …

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What Can I Recycle to Make Money in South Africa

 — While there are challenges to starting a recycling business in South Africa, such as proper waste management and competition from larger companies, the opportunities to make money and make a difference are abundant. ... and marketing strategies. Setting up an online store or participating in local craft markets can help you …

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