AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS

KENYA – Leonard Ofula, the Director of the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) in Kisumu County, has issued a warning to traders regarding the prohibited…

GHANA – Ghana in collaboration with IIASA researchers, has adopted a citizen science approach to address the problem of plastic pollution in marine environments. By…

NIGERIA – Fire gutted the factory of Mega Plastic, Ilupeju, Lagos, destroying properties worth millions of naira and leaving people with varying degrees of injuries.…

KENYA – Safaricom, the leading telecommunications company in Kenya, has joined the United Nations Global Compact’s Forward Faster Initiative. The initiative aims to accelerate the…

NIGERIA – The Lagos Recyclers Association (LAGRA) has urged government and corporate bodies to take conscious steps towards reducing waste and plastic pollution to safeguard…

KENYA – The Vihiga County government has intensified efforts to collect and dispose of plastic materials within the main trading centers. This comes against the…

NIGERIA – Nigeria’s plastic consumption has been projected to reach 40 million tonnes by 2030, as the country is one of the largest consumers of…

SOUTH AFRICA – Food processing and packaging solutions company Tetra Pak has revealed plans to increase the recycling rate of Liquid Board Packaging (LBP) in…

SOUTH AFRICA – Multinational retail company, Woolworths and WWF South Africa have reaffirmed their commitment to environmental stewardship by renewing their 15-year partnership. The collaboration,…

ETHIOPIA – Japanese recycling company, Tanabe to help Ethiopia turn mountains of trash into an alternative fuel with its technology. Ethiopia is undergoing rapid economic…