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Burning issue: Chair Luis Vayas Valdivieso at the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution. Photo: Anthony Wallace/AFP

Fossil fuel and chemical lobbyists dominate global plastic treaty talks

Environmental groups warn of industry obstruction in global plastic treaty negotiations

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
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
Canisters and bottles collected for the study at a remote stretch of beach in De Hoop Nature Reserve. (Peter Ryan)

New study finds brightly coloured plastics may contribute more to microplastic pollution

Red, blue and green plastics degrade to form microplastics quicker than those that aren’t as bright

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read