What really happens to the money you pay for plastic bags at supermarkets

While plastic pollution has reached crisis proportions in SA, almost R1bn raised via the levy on plastic bags has been allocated for other purposes.
 
Nearly R2 billion has been raised through the levy on plastic supermarket bags, but only about half of that money has been allocated to recycling, according to Caxton Central.

Fourteen years ago, South Africans started paying for plastic bags to develop the recycling sector.

The levy is applied to the manufacturers of the plastic bags, but is passed on to consumers who pay 60c or more for the bags at tills.

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Source: The Citizen
Mon 13 Jul 2020 at 12:48