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Greenpeace activists wave a flag saying “Governments, the world is watching, cut plastic production now” in Busan on November 25, 2024, before the opening of the fifth session of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5). (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)
CLIMATE IMPACT OF PLASTICS

World at crossroads as plastic pollution talks reach critical stage in Busan

A robust treaty addressing the lifecycle of plastics is crucial to averting disaster

  • Sheree Bega
5 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)
CIRCULAR ECONOMY

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