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Answering 10 pressing questions about plastic pollution

The world generated an estimated 400 million tonnes of plastic waste in 2024. This torrent of water and shampoo bottles, dispensing containers, polyester shirts, PVC piping...
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Waste Management

French Embassy project: Ekwueme varsity takes delivery of 130 waste bins to combat plastic pollution

In a bid to promote environmental sustainability and responsible plastic waste management on campus, the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike (AE-FUNAI), Ebonyi State, has...
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Pollution

Closing in on an end to plastic pollution

After two years of talks, we are closer to securing a treaty for the ages. One that hits the problem of plastic pollution hard...
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Pollution

NESREA advocates for implementation of EPR to combat plastic pollution

Nigerian plastic manufacturers have been reminded by the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) that their participation in the Extended Producer Responsibility...
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UN plastics treaty talks collapse as countries fail to agree on targets

Negotiations to draft a legally binding treaty to tackle the global plastic pollution crisis have ended without an agreement, as countries failed to agree on key...
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Pollution

INC-5: Nigeria, 84 others support ‘Standing up for Ambition’

Nigeria and 84 other countries taking part in the ongoing INC-5 negotiations in Busan have expressed support for the "Standing up for Ambition", a...
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Pollution

Stakeholders urge Nigerian govt to ban single-use plastics from 2025

A team of stakeholders comprising journalists and civil society, who gathered from November 28 to 29, 2024, in Lagos at a media capacity building...
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Pollution

INC-5: Why world needs an ambitious Global Plastic Pollution Treaty – WWF

Coming on the heels of lackluster performances at two major global environmental summits on nature and climate, INC-5 - the fifth and final round...
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Katsina children raise alarm over climate-linked school hazards

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