AFRICAN & MIDDLE EAST NEWS

RWANDA – The Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched a five-year project to improve hazardous waste management.…

MOROCCO – Paper and packaging company, Mondi has commenced production at its US$16.99 million (€16m) green-field plant in Tangier, Morocco, which can produce 100 million…

SOUTH AFRICA – The board of paper and plastic packaging producer and recycler Mpact has approved a US$ 69.30 million (R1.2-billion) investment to upgrade Mkhondo…

SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa recycled 344,527 tonnes of plastics during 2021 – representing a 10% increase over the previous year, reveals Plastics SA executive…

MOZAMBIQUE – Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (Mozambique) has invested US$14 million in a new polyethylene phthalate (PET) plastic bottle production line at its Nampula factory. The…

RWANDA – The government of Rwanda has unveiled a 14-year US$211.3 million circular economy action plan for African waste management at the just concluded 6th…

KENYA – Kenya and South Africa have announced an initiative to end plastic pollution in a way that is as fair and inclusive as possible…

SOUTH AFRICA – SA-based independent plastics manufacturing company, Safripol has partnered with Green Corridors to tackle plastic pollution in South Africa. The project involves the…

KENYA – US-based packaging provider NEXGEN Packaging is set to erect a new US$2 million (Sh245.5 million) plant in Nairobi to begin operations in April…

SOUTH AFRICA – The Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa (Pamsa) has announced that two South African researchers won the local segment of the global…