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Street cleaners collect plastic waste separately for local recycling and trash on the occasion of World Environment Day in Johannesburg. (Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Plastics industry ‘unduly influences SA’s global plastic treaty’

South Africa is a primary plastic producing country with significant imports of primary plastic for local manufacturing

  • Sheree Bega
12 min read
Plastic is useful; it can be moulded into different forms for a variety of uses. It is also fairly cheap to make. But its harms are ubiquitous. (Sustainable Seas Trust)

Global plastic pollution treaty talks to take shape in South Korea

Plastic is a useful product but it causes immense environmental problems

  • Eyaaz
4 min read