The American Chemistry Council has lobbied the US government during the COVID-19 pandemic to use a US-Kenya trade deal to expand the plastics industry...
Kenyans have gone up in arms after 3 traders were arrested in Nairobi hawking their wares using the banned plastic bags. The hawkers were set to be...
By Guenter Mitlacher On 28 March, as I take my place amongst millions of people around the globe to celebrate Earth Hour, I am reminded again of wh...
Too much plastic and not enough schools are scourges of modern life many countries face. Now a factory in West Africa will try to tackle both by trans...
Oriola Oluwaseyi, 32, makes her way through the busy streets of Ajegunle, a low-income community in Nigeria's commercial center, Lagos. The Nigeria...
In this district in northern Pakistan flanked by soaring mountain ranges and glaciers, plastic bags are now illegal. In late April, the provincial ...
The Coca-Cola System in Kenya has embarked on an environmental behavior change campaign involving Copa Coca-Cola 2019 participating secondary school s...
Tanzania plans to ban the production, importation, sale and use of all single-use plastic bags by July, to help tackle pollution from non-biodegradabl...
The European Union parliament overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to impose a wide-ranging ban on single-use plastics to counter pollution from discarded i...
A ban on non-woven polypropylene shopping bags has been issued effective March 31. Non-woven polypropylene bags are those made from recyclable mate...
Environmental damage caused by man-made activities is having a devastating toll on human health, the United Nations said on Wednesday, warning of mill...
Nairobi residents will have to contend with traffic disruptions as a global United Nations (UN) summit takes place and is expected to be graced by Pre...
Most of Patrick ‘Moreno’ Osunda’s neighbours curse when the rains make the latrines overflow. For him, it’s the smell of money. Osunda is...
As global concern over plastic pollution rises, corporate giants such as Coca-Cola and Unilever are pumping cash into a recycling initiative in Kenya ...
It was 6pm when an unusual rainbow-coloured boat, made of recycled plastic waste and discarded flip-flops (sandals) gathered from beaches and roadside...
South Korea is joining a growing list of countries attempting to halt the use of disposable plastic shopping bags. Major supermarkets will be banne...
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday pledged Kenya’s support for the sustainable blue economy by highlighting key areas of focus as the first ever glo...
U.N. environment chief Erik Solheim said on Tuesday he had resigned after receiving a final audit of his official travel. A draft of the report fou...
In just the latest reminder of the dangers of pollution in our oceans, a dead whale in Indonesia has been found with 13.2 pounds (six kilograms) of pl...
The Kenya Association of Manufactures has been urged to put measures in place to ensure proper disposal of pet plastic bottles. According to the Ch...