Waste Management

Waste Management

Flooding: Environmentalist seeks stronger legislation against waste disposal

An environmentalist, Mr Gafar Odubote, has called for legislation against blocking of drains and canals, saying it is immediate cause of flooding. Odubote, a climate...
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Waste Management

Waste recycling, efficient way to make society green, says planner

President, Association of Town Planning Consultants of Nigeria (ATOPCON), Mr Olaide Afolabi, says waste recycling is an efficient source of revenue generation and means...
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Youths urged to serve as guards of the environment

The Lagos State Government has called on youths to serve as environment guards to secure the state from environmental nuisance and health hazards. Mr Adebola...
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Lagos clears illegal dumpsite in Apapa

The Lagos State Ministry of Environment on Saturday, July 7, 2018 mopped up an illegal dumpsite at Coconut Area of the Apapa axis in...
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Niger’s Suleja council spends N13m monthly on waste evacuation to prevent flooding

Suleja Local Government Area of Niger State says it spends N13.5 million monthly on waste disposal to prevent flooding in the area. Alhaji Abdullahi Maje,...
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Government urged to check high presence of microplastics in food chain, cosmetics

Prof. Babatunde Alo of the University of Lagos on Wednesday, July 4, 2018 urged the Federal Government to make concerted efforts to check the...
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Indian state, Maharashtra, softens plastic ban after industry lobbying

The Western Indian state of Maharashtra has eased ban on single-use-plastic, just over a week after it was imposed, following what sources said was...
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Australian plastics ban takes effect amid rage by shoppers

Australia’s biggest supermarket chains are scrambling to combat “bag rage” as frustrated shoppers vent their anger over the removal of single-use plastic bags. One man...
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EACOP: Coalition decries TotalEnergies’ assessment of Uganda land acquisition programme

The StopEACOP Coalition is calling out TotalEnergies’ attempts to sanitise its public image through claims of an “independent assessment”...
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When the post-WW2 Order falls, can peripheral states like Nigeria survive?

A presentation by Prof Chinedum Nwajiuba at the Maiden National Conference of the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences,...
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UNCCD COP17 opens call for media reporting fellowship

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the International Drought Resilience Alliance (IDRA) have launched the UNCCD COP17 Land...

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