AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS

KENYA – Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) CEO Ms. Carole Kariuki held a meeting with the Managing Director of Dow Chemical East Africa Mr. Leonard…

SOUTH AFRICA – Austrian plastic packaging and recycling firm ALPLA Group, has merged its five previous facilities in South Africa under one roof, at the…

AFRICA – Independent global campaigning network, Greenpeace has slammed Coca-Cola’s COP27 sponsorship, terming the beverage corporation the world’s biggest plastic polluter. Coca-Cola has faced a…

KENYA – Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has partnered with the Agrochemicals Association of Kenya (AAK) to support the establishment of the Kenya Hazardous Waste…

EGYPT – SIG has partnered with Tagaddod to launch ‘Recycle for Good’, an innovative new recycling initiative utilizing tech-based options to gather and recycle used…

NIGERIA – Coca-Cola Foundation has joined hands with FABE International Foundation in the fight against plastic pollution in Nigeria Under the partnership, FABE, with the…

EGYPT – The Egyptian government is launching a tender for the construction of four solid waste treatment and recycling plants in the governorates of Gharbia,…

SOUTH AFRICA – South African advocacy group Healthy Living Alliance (Heala) has rolled out a nationwide campaign titled ‘What’s in our Food?’, urging consumers to…

RWANDA – The government of Rwanda has adopted specific laws and policies that focus directly on plastic waste control in that nation, leading Africa in…

MOROCCO – Les Eaux Minerales d’Oulmes has received grants from the UN Environment Program (UNEP) and International Energy Agency (IAE) to upgrade power grids in…