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Sitiveni Rabuka  ·  2026-09-15 07:10

Hon. Tabuya visits Pinto Industries Limited in Labasa.

Bulasi. I'm coming to you live from Pinto Industries right here in Lambbasa. A small boutique but very effective way of recycling plastic in Fiji. As you see behind me here, these are rolls of bales of plastic uh that has come from Fiji water to supply it to bring it here and then from here they want to process it to recycle it. They add some material to it including the shredded $5 notes which is made from polymer. They add that to it as well and also some uh biodegradable components so that when the plastic reaches the landfill uh it can biodegrade faster. So, Pinto Industries is doing it here in uh Lambbasa in the north. And uh we're very very excited to be here to tour this uh factory uh and also to have a look at some of the finished products that are made from the recycled plastics here. So, I'm here in the uh Pinto uh showroom where they are showing [music] me items that are made from recycled materials. So, here [music] this rake is 100% recyclable material. So, you have the money. This is the $5 um uh shredded uh items here made from [music] polymer. And this is from Fiji water caps here. It's used as well as um Pacific battery [music] recycled stuff as well as PVC fitting. So all of these makes this 100% rake recycled material makes a rake. And then we have these brushes, brush heads and brushes that are made from uh also from the Sapia [music] recycled material. Both PP P recycled material but they are used to [music] make these brushes. Then we have these heavy duty garbage bags. So look out for this brand Pinto recycled bags. All of these are made from recycled material. We have the LD black recycle [music] material and they add this biodegradable additive which actually helps the [music] plastic to break down when it reaches the landfill. So this is the way to go if you want concerned about plastics not [music] breaking down. This is what they use for this one. And then these clear plastics which I used for packaging. This is what they use it from. Clear LD clear and HD clear recycled [music] material. So depends on the on the types of plastic bags that they use to recycle and make these. So pretty neat stuff. And this is what they use their [music] garbage bags. The brand is Harrison's again made from recycled plastic. So please support cuz we need a better world that actually is plastic free hopefully. [music] But since they're recycling it here, uh it is uh helping to preserve our environment and also will help you as the customer to be more responsible and choose recycled uh items. Naka