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When beverage companies pretend to save the planet

The sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) industry loves a good photograph. A group of people in bright shirts gather on a beach, collecting bottles into neat...

How supermarkets are contributing to, preventing plastic pollution, by study

Break Free From Plastic (BFFP) on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, released a new report titled: "Supermarket Audits: Stores' Untapped Potential in Fighting Plastic Pollution", which...

BAN Toxics stands firm for strong Plastics Treaty as INC-5.2 talks end in deadlock

As the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) for the Global Plastics Treaty adjourned without consensus on Friday,...

Talks on global plastic pollution treaty adjourn without consensus

Following 10 days of negotiations, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) talks to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine...

Countries fail to agree on treaty to end plastic pollution at Geneva talks

After days of intense negotiations in Geneva, efforts to secure a global treaty to end plastic pollution ended on Friday, August 15, 2025, without...

Plastics Treaty talks nearing collapse as nations remain deadlocked on production

Talks on the world’s first legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution are hanging in the balance with just two days left before the deadline and...

Poor enforcement threatens Lagos single-use plastics ban

Some Lagos residents have expressed concerns over the wide usage of Single-Use Plastics (SUPs) across markets, parties and retail spaces in the state in...

Inger Andersen: Securing a treaty to beat plastic pollution

Presentation by Inger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), at the INC-5.2 Opening Plenary in Geneva, Switzerland Almost three and a...

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When mining kills women: A year after Bilalikoto mine collapse

On Sunday, February 15, 2026, Women in Mining Africa (WiM-Africa) commemorated Silent 15 of Bilalikoto – Year One, honouring the over 48...
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Protecting species in a changing landscape: New study maps key threats in Northern San José

The greatest potential to reduce species extinction risk in the Northern Sub-catchments of San José, Costa Rica, lies in...

LAWMA commences bulk waste evacuation along Lagos-Badagry Expressway corridor

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has commenced a large-scale bulk waste evacuation exercise at Alaba Rago along the...

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When mining kills women: A year after Bilalikoto mine collapse

On Sunday, February 15, 2026, Women in Mining Africa (WiM-Africa)...

Protecting species in a changing landscape: New study maps key threats in Northern San José

The greatest potential to reduce species extinction risk in...
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