Environmental organisations demand halt to unnecessary plastic production

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A group of nongovernmental organisations IS calling for the department of forestry, fisheries and the environment to introduce stricter regulations for companies that manufacture and sell plastic products. 

“The plastic industry continues to capitalise on ‘false solutions’ to the plastic pollution crisis and promote recycling as the sole solution, we know that this is not enough,” the coalition said in a statement. 

“We call on the department to apply meaningful measures that stop unnecessary plastic production at the source, long before it enters our lives.”

Plastic pollution is known to be one the most serious environmental and social issues facing the world.

According to Greenpeace Africa’s Angelo Louw: “Plastic is a threat to our health. Research repeatedly shows the health of the environment is closely linked to human health. In the context of the current pandemic, it has never been more important to put in place measures to prevent further threats to our safety.”