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Microplastics

Plastic pollution is a public health emergency, says Dion George
The Green Guardian
/ 1 October 2025

Plastic pollution is a public health emergency, says Dion George

The environment minister said the failure to achieve a global plastics treaty could have been avoided

By Sheree Bega
New study finds brightly coloured plastics may contribute more to microplastic pollution
The Green Guardian
/ 12 June 2024

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

By Sheree Bega
New ‘microplastic’ flag for Antarctica
The Green Guardian
/ 16 February 2024

New ‘microplastic’ flag for Antarctica

The redesigned flag aims to focus attention on the microplastic crisis affecting the remote region

By Sheree Bega
Bottled water in US found to contain miniscule pieces of plastic
The Green Guardian
/ 15 January 2024

Bottled water in US found to contain miniscule pieces of plastic

Nanoplastics are the ‘spawn of microplastics that have broken down even further’, researchers said

By Sheree Bega
Microplastics found in cloud water may worsen climate change
The Green Guardian
/ 29 September 2023

Microplastics found in cloud water may worsen climate change

The first study on airborne microplastics discovered that the tiny plastic particles are affecting cloud formation

By Sheree Bega
Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80% in next 17 years
The Green Guardian
/ 17 May 2023

Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80% in next 17 years

This can be done by 2040 if there are changes in the market, a United Nations report has found

By Sheree Bega
Plastic: South Africa is 11th-biggest litterbug
The Green Guardian
/ 25 June 2021

Plastic: South Africa is 11th-biggest litterbug

The country risks ‘pariah status’ for approach to global plastic waste crisis

By Sheree Bega
A Gauteng firm is using bioplastics to limit microplastics
The Green Guardian
/ 7 March 2021

A Gauteng firm is using bioplastics to limit microplastics

Humans eat, drink and breathe in tens of thousands of micro- and nanoplastics, but research into the effects on health is limited

By Boitumelo Kgobotlo
Scientists find microplastics in women’s placentas
The Green Guardian
/ 4 January 2021

Scientists find microplastics in women’s placentas

Researchers are concerned that the plastic particles in the placenta, which provides the foetus with oxygen and nutrients, could potentially harm its development

By Sheree Bega
Death or taxes for polluting plastic
Article
/ 18 April 2019

Death or taxes for polluting plastic

South Africa’s apathetic attitude to plastic use requires an intervention — but what would work here?

By Lynley Donnelly

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