When it comes to collection and recycling PET plastic (think plastic beverage bottles), South Africa is on par with many countries in Europe – thanks in part to the hard-working people in the collection and recycling sector around the country. Now, a newly released docu-series titled Sorted, directed by veteran actor-director Louw Venter, showcases these
● The third round of UN global plastic pollution treaty talks ended with no plan for how tomove the negotiations forward, despite a majority of countries supporting a robust treatygrounded in global rules.● The deadlock was caused by a week full of delaying tactics from a handful oflow-ambition countries calling for a loose voluntary agreement.●
● New report estimates low-income countries, despite consuming less plastic, incur a total lifetime plastic cost that is 10 times higher than wealthier countries.● The structural inequities built into the current plastics value chain not only distribute the burdens of plastic pollution unequally among countries, the burdens are also disproportionately borne by those least equipped
