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South Africa’s support for strong, global plastic treaty hailed as progressive
Last year, leaked documents showed that the country was rejecting the proposed treaty
South Africa and other countries ignore waste reduction in climate plan
‘If plastic were a country, it would already be the fifth-largest emitter in the world’
Plastic pollution in 2019 cost South Africa staggering R885bn
Yet plans are underway to import more plastic waste into the country and it has not signed global plastics treaty
South Africa won’t support proposed global plastic ban treaty, draft document reveals
Critics say the environment department’s argument that the treaty would be a duplication of existing agreements is flawed