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How to curb plastic pollution, by environmentalist

An environmentalist, Ms Gloria Bulus, has stressed the need to curb the menace of plastic pollution in drainage and waterways for a safer environment. Bulus, the founder...

Kenyan manufacturers endorse global charter on management of plastic waste

Kenyan manufacturers on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 pledged support for a global initiative to manage plastic waste that had worsened pollution of marine life and other...

WWF calls for UN convention on plastic waste in the sea

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has called for a UN convention to prevent the pollution of the oceans with plastic waste. At the UN...

Waste management concerns as first rainfall floods Abuja

Some residents of Abuja have raised alarm over the damage caused by flooding after the first rainfall on Friday, March 1, 2019. After the first rainfall...

American scientists devise ‘greener’ way to recycle plastic bottles

American scientists have developed what appears to be a more effective and greener way to recycle the single-use plastics made from a common polyester material. The greener...

Women urged to invest in waste management business

An expert in waste management, Mrs Sade Nubi, has called on women at various levels to embrace and invest in the waste management business to add...

LAWMA to wind down Olusosun landfill

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) says it is planning to wind down the Olusosun Dumpsite and close it properly, being an artificial hill. Mr Ola Oresanya,...

Government, HYPREP cautioned over Ogoni clean-up waste management

The Head, Environment and Conservation, Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development (CEHRD), Dr Kabari Sam, is worried over waste management issues under the clean-up programme....

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Groups laud govt on wood export ban, seek transparent enforcement

A coalition of over 300 CSOs under the aegis of the Climate and Sustainable Development Network (CSDevNet) and partners...
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Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior ship sailing to Cape Town described as ‘hypocritical’

Greenpeace continues to promote an anti-fossil fuel agenda, while relying on the very fuels they seek to eliminate, according...

HEDA drags Oyo to EFCC over alleged diversion of ₦30bn Ibadan Explosion Intervention Funds

The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over...

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Groups laud govt on wood export ban, seek transparent enforcement

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Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior ship sailing to Cape Town described as ‘hypocritical’

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