South Africans watched in shock as heavy rains and flooding destroyed lives, devastated homes, roads and infrastructure across the country last week. As is human nature, repairs are already under way. Footage of the floods and the aftermath has been characterised by an incredible amount of pollution, particularly plastic pollution that has predominantly ended up on our beaches and in our harbours. In fact, globally, 80% of ocean plastic comes from land-based sources. The current images of many of SA’s coastlines support this. More needs to be done to help negate the immense negative impact this is having on our environment. Indeed, public awareness about pollution and the devastating toll it is taking on our planet has necessarily become more mainstream. This is good. Despite the multitude of benefits that plastic provides, if it isn’t disposed of properly or reused, it becomes pollution. This need not be the case. Solutions to this challenge exist and companies around the globe are...
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