OPINION| Complacency is the enemy in waste recycling - South Africa is running out of landfill space for our solid waste, which also contributes to greenhouse gas emissions – but the good news is we can easily be part of the solution
so the scale of the problem we face as a nation requires more than a week’s worth of awareness. It requires action. A lot of it. And it requires it now., it was estimated that 90% of the 59-million tonnes of waste produced in 2011 ended up in landfills, with only 10% being recycled. With the rapid growth of solid waste and a shortage of suitable land to dispose of it, South Africa is also fast running out of space for waste disposal.
. The motivation behind these targets was to address the 11.2-billion tonnes of solid waste produced on Earth every year, which contributes directly to global greenhouse emissions.56.1% of all waste recycled As of March 2020, Austrian manufacturers have been banned from importing and selling certain types of plastic bags, with retailers unable to issue these types of plastic bags in the country as of June this year.South Korea, with a recycling rate of 53.7%.
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