Waste Management

The federal government has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that waste batteries are recycled using international best standards in order to prevent negative health effects linked to improper management and save the environment from other detrimental effects. This promise was made by Environment Minister, Balarabe Lawal, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, while addressing a group of stakeholders who gathered in Abuja to attend a two-day international conference on upgrading the lead-acid battery recycling sector. “We...

The Federal Government of Nigeria, in partnership with Sustainable Research and Action for Environmental Development (SRADeV), is making strides to upgrade the lead-acid battery...

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Green Janitors Sustainable Initiative, has urged Nigerians to cultivate the habit of waste recycling in order to ensure a cleaner...

A research expert, Prof. Lateef Agbaje, says Nigeria has a competitive advantage to convert its agro-wastes for economic growth. Agbaje, Head of Nanotechnology Research Group...

Sustainable Research and Action for Environmental Development (SRADev Nigeria) has decried the nation’s decision to apply for the importation of “non-hazardous” waste from the...

Civil society organisations (CSOs) in Nigeria have strongly condemned the Federal Government’s bid to import non-hazardous waste from the European Union (EU), warning that...

UN-Habitat has launched a pioneering waste-to-energy project in Tunisia, converting landfill biogas into clean electricity. The initiative, implemented at the Oued Laya controlled landfill,...

Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, is in partnership with the French Embassy Fund (FEF 209) project, on plastic waste management on campus. In...