Bruce Strong, CEO of Mpact, the largest paper and plastics packaging and recycling business in Southern Africa, says plastic still has a crucial role to play, particularly in food storage and reducing carbon emissions, despite the anti-plastic movement gaining traction globally.

“The world is anti-plastic at the moment but the anti-plastic sentiment is to a large extent misplaced,” Strong told Business Day on Monday...

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