{"id":204259,"date":"2020-02-25T08:28:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T06:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/?p=204259"},"modified":"2020-02-27T09:46:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-27T07:46:22","slug":"sa-plastics-pact-established-city-of-cape-town-first-municipality-in-sa-to-face-plastic-waste-and-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/sa-plastics-pact-established-city-of-cape-town-first-municipality-in-sa-to-face-plastic-waste-and-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Plastics Pact established, City of Cape Town first municipality in SA to face plastic waste and pollution!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>South Africa is the first country in Africa to have joined the international The Plastics Pact, and the City of Cape Town is the first municipality in our country to have joined the South African Plastics Pact, which was established last month.<\/p>\n

Established by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the Plastic Pact brings commercial enterprises, Government bodies, and NGOs together to address plastic waste and pollution in our country. The formation of the Plastic Pact reflects the impact of plastic waste on global warming, and hence on ecosystems internationally, <\/p>\n

The City of Cape Town\u2019s Mayco Member for Water and Waste, Xanthea Limberg, said: \u2018The City of Cape Town is delighted to become the first municipality not just in the country, but worldwide to pledge its support. The City\u2019s role, as a supporting member, is to contribute to the development of solutions, amplify anti-plastic messages and cascade best practice. While the City can\u2019t in its own capacity make commitments towards achieving the pact\u2019s targets, it fully supports the initiative and its embedded principles. Goals, however, will not be achieved without collaborative industry action\u2019<\/i>.<\/p>\n

She added: \u2018It\u2019s encouraging to see the growing shift towards more sustainable consumer choices globally, with society generally becoming more aware of the environmentally damaging effects of single-use plastics and excessive packaging. The SA Plastics Pact marks an important step closer to seeing greater success in this space locally, and the City is looking forward to playing its part in realising the goals contained in it.\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n

The South African Plastics Pact wants to change the way plastic products and packaging are designed, used and reused, to reduce plastic from entering the environment. Targets set by the Pact, to be met by 2025, include:<\/p>\n

\u2013 100% of plastic packaging to be reusable, recyclable, or compostable (in a closed-loop system)<\/p>\n

\u2013 70% of plastic packaging effectively recycled<\/p>\n

\u2013 30% average post-consumer recycled content across all plastic packaging<\/p>\n

The WWF said in a statement: \u2018The South African Plastics Pact will be the first African Plastics Pact to join the Ellen MacArthur Foundation\u2019s global Plastics Pact network<\/a> of national and regional initiatives that bring together businesses, governments and NGOs in a country or region behind the common vision of the New Plastics Economy. The Plastics Pact network is a unique platform to exchange learnings and best practices across the globe, to accelerate the transition to a circular economy for plastic. By working towards this vision in South Africa, local action taken by The South African Plastics Pact is aligned with the global ambitions of more than 400 signatories of the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, who are united behind a common vision of a circular economy for plastic, in which it never becomes waste or pollution\u2019.<\/i><\/p>\n

The WWF continued:  \u2018Following the launch of the South African Plastics Pact in January 2020, WWF, with support from WRAP and strategic input from the Steering Committee, will develop a roadmap to achieve the set of clear and time-bound group 2025 targets. The South African Plastics Pact will identify specific working groups and other activities required to overcome potential obstacles to achieving the targets in a South African context, and progress will be publicly reported upon each year.\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n

The South African Plastics Pact founding members include:<\/p>\n

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\u2013 The Clicks Group<\/p>\n

\u2013 Coca-Cola Africa<\/p>\n

\u2013 Danone<\/p>\n

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\u2013 Distell<\/p>\n

\u2013 HomeChoice<\/p>\n

\u2013 Massmart<\/p>\n

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\u2013 Myplas<\/p>\n

\u2013 Nampak Rigids<\/p>\n

\u2013 Pick n Pay<\/p>\n

\u2013 Polyoak<\/p>\n

\u2013 Polyplank<\/p>\n

\u2013 Shoprite Group<\/p>\n

\u2013 SPAR<\/p>\n

\u2013 Spur Holdings<\/p>\n

\u2013 The Foschini Group<\/p>\n

\u2013 Tigerbrands<\/p>\n

\u2013 Tuffy<\/p>\n

\u2013 Unilever<\/p>\n

\u2013 ADDIS<\/p>\n

\u2013 Waste Plan<\/p>\n

\u2013 Woolworths.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

There is little time to meet the ambitious goals set for 2025 as far as the prevention of plastic waste and pollution are concerned. As a litter activist in Camps Bay, I say bravo for this local and international initiative. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Chris von Ulmenstein, WhaleTales Blog: www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog Tel +27 082 55 11 323 Twitter:@Ulmenstein Facebook: Chris von Ulmenstein Instagram: @Chrissy_Ulmenstein @MyCapeTownGuide<\/strong><\/p>\n

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