A WORLD Wide Fund for Nature-commissioned report, developed by Dalberg1, warns that the true cost of plastic on the environment, health and economies can be as much as 10 times higher for low-income countries, even though they consume almost three times less plastic per-capita than high-income ones.
The report estimates that the total lifetime costs of 1kg of plastic is around $150 (R2 800) in low- and middle-income