South Africa: SA's No-Show At Global Plastic Treaty Meeting Deeply Disappointing

Responding to its no-show at the ministerial meeting on a proposed global plastics treaty, Greenpeace Africa, groundWork and WWF have expressed deep concerns at the unwillingness of the South African government to showcase country's leadership and willingness to tackle plastic pollution on a global platform. As the world moves away from linear to circular economy models, South Africa still seems to be pinning hopes of its economic revival on a section of the plastic industry's empty promises based on use and throw models.

"South Africa can no longer rely on apartheid era economic models. After decades of burning coal, South Africa is home to the world's richest mineral deposits and yet we are officially the most unemployed nation in the world is a clear indicator that the fossil fuels industry, and plastic as an extension, is not going to save the economy," said Greenpeace Pan-African Plastic Project Angelo Louw. [1][2]

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