{"id":63630,"date":"2023-11-15T16:28:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T15:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=63630"},"modified":"2026-02-26T22:38:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T21:38:29","slug":"global-plastics-treaty-a-lifeline-for-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/63630\/global-plastics-treaty-a-lifeline-for-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Plastics Treaty: A Lifeline for Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Plastics have infiltrated our lives, our streets, body organs, food, soil, ecosystems, and our waterways. This crisis, driven by the relentless pursuit of profit by major oil companies and their counterparts, spares no corner of the globe. Africa, though responsible for just 5% of plastic production and 4% of consumption globally<\/a>, bears the brunt of this crisis through transboundary transfer of plastic waste and what can only be aptly described as \u2018waste colonialism.\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n

As petrochemical corporations term Plastics as cheap and convenient, the true cost of plastics is largely invisible; biodiversity destruction, flooding<\/a>, harming people\u2019s health, social injustice and fuelling the climate crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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