A Fatal Addiction to Plastic
Inter Press Service | 01 Apr 2011
"Be fantastic, don't use plastic!" chanted a troop of 10-year- olds from President Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Honolulu at the conclusion of an international conference on the millions of tonnes of trash that enter the oceans every year, with serious consequences for marine life and habitats as well as to human health and the global economy.
 Environmental Impacts | Plastics | Pollution | Recycling

Water Out of Thin Air for South African School
ips.org | 22 Nov 2010
It takes a moment to understand what the six-metre high net has been set up to capture: water. The Tshiavha Primary Schools water supply is pulled out of the fog that rises over this mountainous part of South Africas Limpopo Province. The schools fog net traps 2,500 litres of water per day, more...
 South Africa | Freshwater | Health and Environment | Local Issues | Recycling

BBC News - Video: Earrings win recycled vuvuzela competition
BBC World Service | 11 Nov 2010
Love them or hate them, the vuvuzela became the underlying sound of the 2010 South African World Cup. But what to do with them all now? A competition was held in South Africa to recycle vuvuzelas following the tournament. Suggestions included tables, lamps, and even toilet paper holders. The winner was a pair of hoop earrings.
 South Africa | Environmental Awareness | Education

Uganda: From bamboo bikes to biomass briquettes
UNEP | 03 Nov 2010
A Ugandan business that manufactures stationery from agricultural waste and a bamboo bicycle project in Ghana are among the 30 winners of the 2010 SEED Awards. A novel solar device that turns waste heat into electricity in rural China, a Ugandan buugsiness that manufactures stationery from...
 Ghana | Uganda | Cleaner Technologies | Energy | Recycling | Renewable Energy | Waste Management

Fighting Dirty Water Is World's New Ecological Battle
Inter Press Service | 08 Sep 2010
A primary topic of discussion at a weeklong international water conference here can best be summed up in two words: "dirty water".A series of solutions offered in the study includes reducing run-off from livestock and croplands to better treatment of human wastes. The study also called for water...
 Access to Freshwater | Recycling | Water Pollution

Nigeria: Agency Procures Waste Recycling Plants
AllAfrica.com | 28 Jun 2010
The Bauchi State Commission for Youth and Women Rehabilitation and Development (BACYWORD) has procured three recycling plants for installation in each of the three Senatorial Districts in the state expected to generate over 5,000 jobs to the unemployed youths across the 20 Local Government areas in the state.
 Nigeria | Economics and the Environment | Recycling | Waste Management

Nigeria: FG to Establish Metal Recycling Plants
AllAfrica.com | 06 May 2010
The Federal Government will soon establish metal recycling plants in Oyo and Rivers States, a top official of the Ministry of Environment said yesterday. Dr Oludayo Dada, the Director, Pollution Control Department, who disclosed this in Abuja in an interview, said "the project is about to commence; the fund needed for it is in the capital budget for 2010 and now that the budget has been signed, we are set to start," Dada said.
 Nigeria | Pollution | Recycling

Kenya: Tetra Pak bets on Recycling to Cover Import Cost
AllAfrica.com | 30 Sep 2009
Tetra Pak, the paper packaging materials manufacturer, is reviewing its business model in the wake of the collapse of Webuye's PanPaper Mills, one of its key raw material suppliers.
 Kenya | Access to Information | Deforestation | Recycling

Municipalities get recycling plants
The New Vision | 15 Jul 2009
NINE municipalities across the country have acquired waste management plants to recycle garbage.
 Uganda | Recycling | Waste

Implement buveera ban to protect our environment
The Monitor | 24 Jun 2009
The production and recycling of polythene bags in Uganda stands at about 1400 tonnes annually; this accounts for only 20-37 per cent of local consumption.
 Uganda | Plastics | Recycling