The conference follows the United Nations Environmental Assembly’s resolution for the development of a legally binding treaty on plastic waste by 2024. The city’s four landfill sites will be full in three years, forcing them to find more landfill sites, officials say. Agnes Hlungwani says she has been supporting her family by sorting plastic waste at the Whole Earth Recycling plant. Waste campaigner Musa Chamane told The Associated Press that the conference is necessary to press decision-makers in businesses, governments and municipalities to reduce plastic waste. Whole Earth Recycling manager Carmen Jordaan said campaigns are needed to press industries and ordinary residents to reduce plastic waste.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 24, 2022 11:38 UTC