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About 6 billion pounds of garbage end up in ocean yearly – Don

Prof Nasiru Abdus-Salam of the Department of Chemistry, University of Ilorin, has said that about 6 billion pounds of garbage, mainly plastics, end up...

Involvement of vulnerable groups key to eliminating plastic pollution – Expert

The Women Environmental Programme (WEP) on Saturday, January 21, 2023, called for the inclusion of vulnerable groups in the implementation of policies and projects...

Plastic pollution: Stakeholders commend recycling hub at VGC

Some environmental stakeholders have commended the Foundation for a Better Environment (FABE) International on the inauguration of a recycling hub at Victoria Garden City...

Plastic pollution: Group tasks Nigerians on behavioural change

The Foundation for a Better Environment (FABE) International has called for a positive behavioural change among Nigerians toward plastic pollution. Mrs Temitope Okunnu, the Founder...

UN Ocean Conference: Nigeria highlights efforts to tackle plastic pollution

Nigeria has pledged  commitment to reducing marine plastic pollution from land-based sources and activities. President Muhammadu Buhari, according to his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on...

Plastic pollution, a danger to human health, ecosystem

Over the years, the use of plastics has become common place in the lives of humans. From manufacturing to storage to cooking and other diverse...

Africa’s rural communities will be hardest hit by plastic pollution

Plastic waste in Africa is not just an urban issue, but also a rural one. Rural communities are almost always heavily dependent on natural...

Groups accuse Australia of rebranding plastic waste as refuse-derived fuel

A global environmental health network and its members in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines have criticised Australia’s exportation of plastic waste that has...

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Only political will can develop eco-friendly technology – UNDP Official

National Coordinator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF SGP) Nigeria, Mrs....
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Guinea, TAAT, partners convene stakeholders for seed roadmap

Stakeholders from Guinea and across Africa are organising a summit to draw a seed roadmap for the West African...

Journalists in DRC trained on tobacco control, accessing data dashboard

Nigeria-based non-governmental organisation, The Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI), has trained journalists in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on...

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Only political will can develop eco-friendly technology – UNDP Official

National Coordinator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)...

Guinea, TAAT, partners convene stakeholders for seed roadmap

Stakeholders from Guinea and across Africa are organising a...
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