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Plastic and garbage on South Beach, Durban, in February 2023. Archive photo: Lucas Nowicki / GroundUp

Circular Economy & Waste Management

How much worse are coloured plastics for the environment?

Aisling de Lange 9 Sep 2024

Caps collected from used plastic bottles are stored in a bucket at the Waste museum in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, 23 February 2022. Reuters/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Nigeria to ban single-use plastics next year

Isaac Anyaogu 26 Jun 2024

Internal view of equipment
Source: Canon Central and North Africa

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Canon joins war on plastic waste with new sorting machine to enhance recycling

26 Jun 2024

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Circular Economy & Waste Management

Kenya banned plastic bags 6 years ago, but they are still in use - what went wrong

Jane Mutheu Mutune 9 May 2023

FMCG

How the bottled water industry is masking the global water crisis

Zeineb Bouhlel and Vladimir Smakhtin 12 Apr 2023

Supplied image: Nestlé and Chilanga Cement signing partnership agreement during the launch event. Pictured (from left to right): Chibuye Mbesuma Ngulube, general counsel & company secretary at Chilanga Cement, Honorable Gary Nkombo, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development and Zubayer Davids, country manager, Nestlé Zambia and Malawi.

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Nestlé, Chilanga Cement partner in plastic neutrality initiative

23 Mar 2023

Rwanda leads Africa in plastic waste management

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Rwanda leads Africa in plastic waste management

Radhia Mtonga 12 Oct 2022

African digital innovators are turning plastic waste into value - but there are gaps

Circular Economy & Waste Management

African digital innovators are turning plastic waste into value - but there are gaps

Seun Kolade and Muyiwa Oyinlola 16 Aug 2022

Africa's rural communities will be the hardest hit by plastic pollution

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Africa's rural communities will be the hardest hit by plastic pollution

Joshua Amponsem 1 Apr 2022

Afri-Plastics' third challenge calls for innovative campaigns

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Afri-Plastics' third challenge calls for innovative campaigns

14 Dec 2021

Ceres invests in a sustainable future by contributing to plastic waste reduction efforts

ESG

Ceres invests in a sustainable future by contributing to plastic waste reduction efforts

Issued by Bullion PR & Communication 22 Sep 2021

Nesta Challenges launches CA$14,5m Afri-Plastics Challenge

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Nesta Challenges launches CA$14,5m Afri-Plastics Challenge

3 Aug 2021

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Responsible Tourism

Conscientious travellers change the tourism landscape

1 Oct 2019

Sunlight raises recycling awareness through packaging innovation

ESG

Sunlight raises recycling awareness through packaging innovation

20 Mar 2019

Kenya should be focused on recycling, not banning plastic bags

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Kenya should be focused on recycling, not banning plastic bags

Leah Oyake-Ombis 5 Jul 2017