Disposable menstrual products are a huge source of single-use plastic packaging. Tampon applicators, for example, ultimately find their way into marine environments posing as detrimental a threat to marine life as plastic straws do In January, South Africa joined the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s global plastic pact network which encourages multilateral collaboration to accelerate the transition […]
Thandile Chinyavanhu
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Lockdown regulations stoke energy poverty
And people who cannot afford electricity resort to burning biomass for warmth and cooking which has a detrimental effect on health