Tag:recycling

Waste Management

Microbiologist urges recycling of plastics, stoppage in production

A lecturer in the Department of Microbiology, Kaduna State University (KASU), Mr Jaafar Abdullahi, has called for the recycling of plastics to save the...

Michael Simire - October 9, 2020

Waste Management

Group inaugurates recycling plant in Badagry, LAWMA pledges support

Managing Director, Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, has promised to assist the first recycling plant in Badagry to expand its activities. Odumboni...

Michael Simire - September 18, 2020

Waste Management

How recycle culture can be inculcated in African children

Take a long deep breathe, think about all the waste you have thrown out today. From left over food, to plastic packaging, or a...

Michael Simire - August 31, 2020

Science & Tech

Recycling contaminates plastic toys with toxic chemicals from electronic waste

Some banned toxic flame retardant chemicals are now found in recycled plastics in form of e-waste, which are being made into several toys for...

admin - April 16, 2017

Cover

How Lagos recovery facility curbs C02 emission

Nine months ago, the Lagos State Government in partnership with West Africa Energy Group commissioned a Material Recovery Facility (MRF), which has the capacity...

admin - February 17, 2016

Cover

‘The real waste managers’

Sunday Ahmed has been in the business of scavenging for waste materials for about 20 years. Every day, he roams the streets of Lagos...

Michael Simire - August 11, 2015

Conservation

Global plastic production rises, recycling lags

New Worldwatch Institute analysis explores trends in global plastic production and recycling For more than 50 years, global production of plastic has continued to rise....

Michael Simire - January 28, 2015

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