Tag:Plastic Waste Pollution

Waste Management

How Innovation in plastic management will advance Africa’s efforts in realising SDGs

Current waste management practices in Africa are causing major economic, social and environmental impacts. The rise in plastic consumption combined with weak waste collection...

Michael Simire - October 21, 2021

Waste Management

Scheme seeks solutions to curb plastic usage in Africa

The Afri-Plastics Challenge has now launched its second strand, Creating Solutions. This Strand invites individuals or organisations with a new or early-stage idea that...

Michael Simire - October 6, 2021

Pollution

10bn tonne plastic pollution bomb ticking away globally – Study

Humans have to date produced a staggering 10 billion tonnes of plastic – of which about six billion tonnes is now plastic waste in...

Michael Simire - September 29, 2021

Pollution

World Cleanup Day: Group sensitises Lagos residents on dangers of plastic waste

The LasGidis Recyclers on Saturday, September 18, 2021 sensitised residents of Victoria Island, Lagos on the dangers of plastic waste and the benefits of...

Michael Simire - September 19, 2021

Waste Management

LAWMA to ban single use plastic

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) is set to ban single use plastic materials across its formations, as part of its efforts to curtail...

Michael Simire - September 6, 2021

Waste Management

Activists flay South Africa’s decline of support for global plastic ban treaty

A Mail & Guardian exposé on Monday, June 21, 2021, revealed that the South African government plans to reject a new proposed global treaty on plastics....

Michael Simire - June 21, 2021

Pollution

Report maps single-use plastic products across travel and tourism value chain

The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched a report on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, addressing the...

Michael Simire - June 17, 2021

Waste Management