South Africa recycles only 14% of its plastic waste – yet the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment is opening up applications for plastic waste import, all in the name of saving the plastic industry.
by Onke Ngcuka, Daily MaverickSouth Africa to import plastic waste ‘to meet the needs of the industry’ by Onke Ngcuka, Daily Maverick September 16, 2021 As if South Africa wasn’t struggling to deal with its own plastic, the country is opening up applications for importing plastic waste in order to meet the plastic industry’s needs, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment told Daily Maverick.
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