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COVID-19: Face masks represent new category of plastic pollution

The prevalence of discarded single-use face masks and other personal protective equipment in the environment may exacerbate the already-existing plastic pollution problem COVID-19 pandemic has...

Plastic waste: Expert urges media to scale up awareness on circular economy

A public affairs expert, Mrs Victoria Uwadoka, on Thursday, March 18, 2021 urged the media to intensify public awareness on circular economy aimed at...

World Consumer Rights Day: Group calls for more awareness on plastic recycling

The Nigeria Environmental Study Action Team (NEST), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), on Monday, March 15, 2021 called for more awareness and training on plastic...

Recycling: Vending machine accepts used plastic bottles, offers reward

A vending machine that receives used plastic bottles and issues rewards to incentivise recycling has been launched in Nigeria. The Kay Group, a British run...

Group evacuates 5,000 plastic bottles in popular Kaduna market

An NGO, African Climate Reality Project, says it has evacuated 5,000 plastic bottles at the popular Station Market in Kaduna to improve sanitation in...

European Union restricts export of plastic waste

The European Union has commenced the application of stricter regulations for the export of plastic waste from its territory. It took effect from January...

EU bans plastic waste exports to poor countries

The EU will ban the export of plastic waste from the bloc to poor countries effective from January 1, 2021, it said on Tuesday,...

Germany earmarks €4.9m to curb plastic waste pollution in Caribbean Sea

Germany’s Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) says it is supporting the "Prevention of Marine Pollution in the Caribbean"...

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BATN Foundation commissions solar-powered borehole tó end 30-year water crisis in Kano community

 “For 30 years, we fetched water from far places, paying N100naira for a jerrican of water that wasn’t even...
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BATN Foundation, SwagCo flag off Maize Micro-Enterprise Project to empower Ekiti farmers

In a landmark move to boost food security and rural livelihoods, the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATNF) in...

NBSAP: A welcome step toward food sovereignty, biosafety

Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) commends the Federal Government for endorsing the revised National Biodiversity Strategy and Action...

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