It will take a lot more than beach cleanups to save SA from plastic

A concerted, coordinated drive by both the government and private sector is needed, say two experts

13 July 2021 - 20:30 By Jackie May and Aaniyah Omardien

After recent big ocean swells, SA’s beaches have become clear evidence of a plastic crisis. We collected two bags of waste in less than 10 minutes on Camps Bay beach last week. There are the usual culprits such as earbuds, bottle tops, masks, single sweet wrappings, toothbrushes ... but most of the litter is small pieces that have been broken up and degraded by the force of the ocean, sand and wind. ..

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