AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS

SOUTH AFRICA – Alcoholic beverage maker South African Breweries (SAB) and South Africa’s first majority black-owned glass container manufacturer Isanti Glass marked three years of…

MOROCCO – Irish corrugated packaging company, Smurfit Kappa has inaugurated €35 million (US$38.59m) corrugated cardboard plant in Morocco, setting the stage for further expansion in…

UGANDA – Beverage companies in Uganda have signed letters of intent that jointly seeks to establish the Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO), a non-profit, industry-driven and…

MOROCCO – UAE-government-owned renewable energy company, Masdar Energy has announced plans to set up a plastic treatment plant in Morocco. The industrial venture will be…

NIGERIA – Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has ordered the suspension of a newly introduced 10 percent tax on single-use plastics and excise duty on some…

CAMEROON – Officials in Cameroon say plastic bag pollution in the country has doubled in the past four years to 600,000 tonnes, harming the environment…

EGYPT – The Ministry of Environment of Egypt has announced plans to launch “No to Plastic” campaign in the last week of July. The “No…

NAMIBIA – The Namibian Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism has announced plans to ban single-use plastics in the country, effective in 2026 or earlier.…

SENEGAL – Société nationale de gestion intégrée des déchets (Sonaged) has added 15 trash truck to its portfolio, strengthening its position in waste collection in…

SOUTH AFRICA – Paper and plastic packaging producer and recycler Mpact has contracted international technology group Andritz to upgrade a pulping line at its Mkhondo…