Watch: Tour of recycling plants to celebrate World Environment Day

The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms Barbara Creecy in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) visited plastic waste treatment plants in honor of World Environment Day. This year’s WED is aimed at seeking innovative ways to end plastic pollution. Plastic pollution is now a global problem with an estimated 353 million tonnes of plastic waste produced in a year and finding itself polluting our oceans because of its durability and taking a much longer time to disintegrate. To mark World Environment Day 2023, Minister Creecy embarked on a tour of two recycling plants in Cape Town that are supported through Producer Responsibility Organisations – POLYCO and PETCO to gain further insight into the benefits of Extended Producer Responsibility in support of plastic recycling.