Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi Companies that are into fast-moving consumer goods can help to save the environment from plastic pollution through recycling, the Nigerian Conservation Foundation has said. The NCF’s Senior Consultant Officer, Environmental Education, Mrs Abidemi Balogun, stated that both local and multinational companies needed to join the campaign against plastic pollution by attaching incentives to […] …
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Plastic pollution: Nigeria’s untapped ‘waste wealth’ fuels environmental disaster
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The level of threat plastic waste poses to man and nature is phenomenal. In a country like Nigeria where unemployment is very high, Afeez Hanafi examines how the sprawling waste can create huge job opportunities along recycling value chain In the dead of the night, on July 15, 2018, the cloud that was pregnant with […] …
Food, beverage recyclers, Lagos collaborate on plastic waste management
Anna Okon The Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance , a coalition comprising Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited, Nigerian Bottling Company, Nestle Nigeria Plc, Seven Up Bottling company and Nigerian Breweries Plc has announced a collaboration with the Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Transportation, to rid the state’s waterways of plastic and packaging waste. The group […] …
Water sachets among largest waste in Shoprite clean-up
Anna Okon Celebrities, environmentalists and thought leaders recently joined forces with Shoprite at a clean-up event aimed at getting more people involved in collecting litter from Nigeria’s beaches, markets and waterways. According to a statement on Wednesday, the event tagged ‘Africa’s Biggest Cleanup’ saw over 6,000 volunteers across the continent cleaning their communities in more […] …
Impose levies on plastics, don tells govt
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi An environmental expert at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Prof. Toyin Arowolo, says government’s intervention through taxes and levies on the use of plastics will address plastic pollution in the country. Arowolo said this would be a vital solution to the challenge, adding that Rwanda, China, Kenya and many other countries had […] …
Nestle pledges to combat plastic pollution
Anna Okon Nestlé has set a global ambition of making 100 per cent of its packaging either recyclable or re-usable by 2025, as part of its pledge to play an active role in combating plastic pollution. The firm stated that this was part of its efforts to help address the issue of plastic pollution and […] …
FOTE advises govt on plastic waste dangers
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi Stakeholders concerned about the indiscriminate dumping of plastic waste products in the country have called on government at all levels to intensify campaign on the dangers posed by the action. They noted that Nigerians should be educated more on the need to recycle plastic waste rather than dump it at every available space. […] …
National policy on plastic waste management underway, says minister
The Minister of State for Environment, Alhaji Ibrahim Jibril, says the Federal Government is working on a national policy on plastic waste management to regulate use and disposal of plastic waste in the country.
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