Waste Management

Group sensitises students to dangers of e-waste

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), E-waste Relief Foundation (ERF), on Wednesday, July 28, 2021  sensitised  students of the Yaba College  of  Technology Secondary school, Lagos,...

Protesters frustrate waste evacuation in Rivers, RIWAMA alleges

Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA) has expressed concern over possible build-up of waste following truncated operations of contractors by protesters on Eleme/Onne axis...

Groups raise concern on toxic hazards from plastic waste management schemes

Philippine environmental health groups EcoWaste Coalition, Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) and Mother Earth Foundation (MEF) have echoed the urgency of limiting the...

Waste management: British envoy pledges support to free-cycling initiative

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has pledged her support to the HoBeei Free-cycling Initiative, to ensure proper waste management and reduce environmental...

Govt warns FCT, Nasarawa residents against indiscriminate dumping of refuse

The Federal Government on Thursday, July 8, 2021 warned the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and residents of neighbouring Nasarawa State against indiscriminate dumping of...

Rivers waste management agency to clamp down on scavengers

The Sole Administrator, Rivers State Waste Management Agency (RIWAMA), Mr Felix Obuah, has warned that the agency will clamp down on scavengers who have...

Engineers introduce technology on waste management in Lagos

The Apapa Branch of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) says it has begun to deploy new technology on waste management in Lagos State. Branch...

Kano out-sources waste management to private firm

Kano state Commissioner for Environment, Dr Kabiru Getso, says the state government will soon outsource waste management activities to Cape Gate, a private firm. Getso,...

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Two-thirds of global hunger concentrated in 10 countries – Report 

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