Government looking to introduce new policy on single-use plastics

The government is mulling whether to introduce a new policy meant to combat the use of single-use plastics and their disposal management.

“The department has initiated a process to review the effectiveness of policies relating to the management of plastic waste and to consider whether it is necessary to have a new policy direction,” Creecy said in a written reply to a question from the DA, which was published in parliament on Thursday.

Plastics SA represents plastics industry players, including polymer producers, converters and recyclers. The organisation said the levy should have been ring-fenced for its intended purpose: to develop better recycling facilities and incentivise sustainable consumer behaviour.

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