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Ghana: Youth group engages media on anti-incineration and plastic pollution campaign

Plastic waste is a menace in Ghana’s environmental management. The generation, collection, composition, and disposal of plastic waste pose high environmental risk. After being discarded,...

Tax suspension will make Nigeria dumping ground for plastic waste products – ERA/FoEN, GAIA

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and member organisations of the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) have expressed concern over...

Germany’s plastic waste exports drop by 51% in last decade

Germany has exported significantly less plastic waste abroad in recent years, the Federal Statistical Office announced in Wiesbaden on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. About 745,100...

World Environment Day: Wild Africa Fund launches campaign to protect Nigeria’s marine life from plastic pollution

In line with the spirit of the World Environment Day, Wild Africa Fund on Monday, June 5, 2023, launched a month-long campaign to raise...

Groups urge Australia to reverse plan to resume plastic waste exports

On the eve of the new global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Paris, the Australian Environment Minister has decided to reopen plastic waste exports, after...

Germany joins international coalition to tackle plastic waste

Germany has joined the international High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution by 2040 that was launched on Monday, August 22, 2022. Agreement had already...

YASIF unveils scheme to sensitise public on plastic waste management      

The Young Advocates for Sustainable and Inclusive Future (YASIF) has trained 50 women as part of its plan to enhance the public knowledge on...

Afri-Plastics Challenge awards £750,000 to innovations tackling behaviour change to plastic usage

Fifteen teams of innovators from across sub-Saharan Africa have been named finalists in the Afri-Plastics Challenge with solutions that will change both the behaviour...

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Informal lead, gold mining contributing to widespread poisoning in Nigeria – Study

Artisanal lead mining in Nigeria is responsible for airborne lead exposures that are 10 times the U.S. Permissible Exposure...
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ACReSAL’s week-long Lagos retreat to review project implementation progress

The Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) project is currently hosting a high-level retreat to review project implementation progress,...

Govt commences power distribution companies’ overhaul with two underperforming DisCos

The Federal Government has begun moves to initiate sweeping reforms aimed at revitalising Nigeria’s electricity distribution sector, starting with...

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Informal lead, gold mining contributing to widespread poisoning in Nigeria – Study

Artisanal lead mining in Nigeria is responsible for airborne...

ACReSAL’s week-long Lagos retreat to review project implementation progress

The Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) project is...
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