Tag:Single Use Plastics (SUPs)

Cover

Lagos bans use of styrofoam, single-use plastics

The Lagos State Government has announced a ban on the usage and distribution of styrofoam and other single use plastics within the metropolis with...

Michael Simire - January 21, 2024

Waste Management

Environment ministry bans single-use plastics at headquarters, agencies

The Federal Ministry of Environment has resolved to discontinue the use of single-use plastics at its headquarters and its agencies to drive a culture...

Michael Simire - January 14, 2024

Pollution

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...

Michael Simire - July 11, 2023

Pollution

Plastic tax: Environmental group urges practice of circular economy, EPR

The Association for Environmental impact Assessment of Nigeria (AEIAN) has said that the practice of circular economy and the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) will...

Michael Simire - July 9, 2023