Waste Management

Waste Management

Concern over resurgence of refuse heaps in Aba

A city-based environmental rights organisation, Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy & Development (FENRAD), has expressed reservations over the unwholesome state of waste management in Aba, the commercial...
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Taraba bans use of polythene bags

Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba on Monday, May 20, 2019 banned the use of polythene and plastic bags in the state to boost clean environment. Ishaku...
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Philippines recalls ambassador to Canada over garbage row

The Philippines has recalled its ambassador and other diplomats in Canada after the Canadian government failed to ship back garbage dumped in the country over five...
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Stakeholders thumb-up bid to amend laws to empower LAWMA

Stakeholders in the environment sector in Lagos State on Thursday, May 16, 2019 lauded the state House of Assembly for proposing an amendment to the environmental...
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UN meeting gives countries the right to refuse unrecyclable, polluting plastics

Governments at the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP14) of the Basel Convention acted to restrict rampant plastic waste exports by requiring countries to obtain prior informed consent before...
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Basel Convention agrees to control plastic waste trade

The 14th Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Basel Convention on Friday, May 10, 2019 agreed to include mixed, unrecyclable and contaminated plastic waste...
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Kenyan recyclers to provide baling innovation to boost waste management

Kenya PET Recycling Company Ltd. (PETCO Kenya), a parent organisation of the recyclers of PET bottles and containers, has contracted local firms to produce balers to...
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Marine plastic litter concerns dominate discussions at BRS COPs

The 2019 meetings of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm (BRS) Conventions wrapped up the first week with discussions...
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