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BOTTLED WATER ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA

Plastic bottles most ‘sustainable’ water packaging option – industry

But conservation group questions the applicability of the US study to South Africa and says people should rather drink tap water

  • Sheree Bega
4 min read
Counting the cost: Used plastic straws were collected at Khung Bang Kachao Urban Forest and beach during the Trash Hero initiative in Bangkok. In South Africa the move away from plastic straws may be motivated by consumer concerns. Photo: Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images
ANGELO LOUW

Companies are grasping at straws

Companies are keen to ditch plastic straws, but replacing them with single-use alternatives is not the best option, environmentalists say

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read