Revealed: Oil companies lobbying U.S. Gov’t to make Africa backslide on plastics

By Citizen Reporter,

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...

KOT slam NEMA after hawkers arrested with banned plastic bags face Ksh.2M fine

By Citizen Reporter,

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...

NEMA , plastic bags in kenya

Earth Hour 2020: The time for global action

By Citizen,

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...

Flip-flops to building blocks: Ivory Coast uses plastic waste to build classrooms

By Reuters,

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...

Ivory Coast , Sophie Chavanel , United Nations

School where parents pay fees with plastic bottles

By CNN,

Oriola Oluwaseyi, 32, makes her way through the busy streets of Ajegunle, a low-income community in Nigeria's commercial center, Lagos. The Nigeria...

Moritz International School , Plastic Bottles

In Pakistan’s northern mountains, plastic bags face the bin

By Reuters,

In this district in northern Pakistan flanked by soaring mountain ranges and glaciers, plastic bags are now illegal. In late April, the provincial ...

pakistan , plastic ban

Copa Coca-Cola to reward schools with refurbished pitch

By Agencies,

The Coca-Cola System in Kenya has embarked on an environmental behavior change campaign involving Copa Coca-Cola 2019 participating secondary school s...

Copa Coca-Cola

Tanzania to ban single-use plastics by July: environment minister

By Reuters,

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...

January Makamba , plastic bags , Tanzania , U.N

EU lawmakers back wide ban on disposable plastic products

By VOA,

The European Union parliament overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to impose a wide-ranging ban on single-use plastics to counter pollution from discarded i...

disposable plastic , European union

Poor quality shopping bags banned, two years after plastic ones

By Gloria Magudha,

A ban on non-woven polypropylene shopping bags has been issued effective March 31. Non-woven polypropylene bags are those made from recyclable mate...

on-woven polypropylene , plastic bags ban

U.N. warns of millions of premature deaths by 2050 due to environmental damage

By Reuters,

Environmental damage caused by man-made activities is having a devastating toll on human health, the United Nations said on Wednesday, warning of mill...

Joyeeta Gupta , U.N. Environment Assembly

Traffic disruptions in Nairobi as 4,700 dignitaries land for UN summit

By Gloria Magudha,

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...

Emmanuel Macron , One Planet Summit , Uhuru kenyatta , UN Environment Assembly

From flying toilets to ‘froggers’ – Kenya struggles with slum waste

By Reuters,

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...

Kibera

Awash with plastic bottles and lacking a law, Kenya struggles to recycle

By Reuters,

As global concern over plastic pollution rises, corporate giants such as Coca-Cola and Unilever are pumping cash into a recycling initiative in Kenya ...

plastic pollution

Boat made of old sandals flies flag for cleaner African seas

By Reuters,

It was 6pm when an unusual rainbow-coloured boat, made of recycled plastic waste and discarded flip-flops (sandals) gathered from beaches and roadside...

Beaches and marine ecosystems , FlipFlopi’s expedition , UN Environment.

South Korea bans single-use plastic bags from major supermarkets

By CNN,

South Korea is joining a growing list of countries attempting to halt the use of disposable plastic shopping bags. Major supermarkets will be banne...

plastic bag ban , South Korea

Uhuru leads the world in pledging support for sustainable blue economy

By PSCU,

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...

Blue Economy Conference , DP William Ruto , Port State Measures Agreement , President Abdullahi Mohamed , President Filipe Nyusi , President Uhuru Kenyatta , President Yoweri Museveni

U.N. environment chief Erik Solheim quits over travel expense report

By Reuters,

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...

Erik Solheim

Dead whale had swallowed 1,000 pieces of plastic

By CNN,

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...

Dead whale , Kapota Island , Wakatobi National Park , WWF-Indonesia

Manufactures cautioned on disposal of plastic bottles

By Citizen Reporter,

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...