The Department of the Environment and Forestry says plastic straws, -cutlery and -beads, will soon be more strictly controlled, much like plastic bags, in South Africa.

Minister Barbara Creecy said this in response to a question in Parliament yesterday, on whether Government has any plans to ban the use of single-use plastics in the country.

Spokes-person at the Department, Albi Modise, says a more informed decision can only be made, after considering the costs and economic implications of such a proposed policy intervention…

Modise says plastic-producers play a great role in preventing these materials from ending up in the environment…