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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...

Group urges concerted efforts to check dumping of plastic wastes in rivers

President of Metrol Environment and Awareness Initiative, a Kaduna-based non- governmental organisation, Mr Jibril Suleman, has called for concerted efforts to discourage dumping of...

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Experts take first step towards GEF-9 replenishment

With less than five years on the clock to meet key international environmental targets, experts gathered this week to...
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Coastal highway: Construction begins in Cross River, Akwa Ibom in March

Construction on Sections 3A and 3B of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway, located in Cross River and Akwa Ibom respectively,...

Five candidates cleared for AfDB presidency race – Committee

The race to lead the African Development Bank (AfDB) has officially begun with the release of the list of...

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Experts take first step towards GEF-9 replenishment

With less than five years on the clock to...

Coastal highway: Construction begins in Cross River, Akwa Ibom in March

Construction on Sections 3A and 3B of the Lagos-Calabar...
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