Africa’s large informal economy a key element of strategies to eliminate plastic waste [Article]
Plastic waste is a growing problem globally, with up to 12.7 million metric tons of plastic entering the oceans each ...
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Trash to cash; an innovation to bridge school desk deficit in Ghana
During one of the national holidays in Ghana, revellers thronged the Labadi beach to wine away time. Together with her ...
University of Ghana converts plastic waste to fuel
The Institute of Applied Science and Technology, of the College of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Ghana, has begun ...
Malta Guinness embarks on plastic waste campaign
As part of efforts to ensure a clean and Sustainable environment, Malta Guinness has organized a national plastic clean-up campaign ...
IAEA Expert in Ghana to assess project plan to manage plastic waste using nuclear technology
Dr. Chantara Thevy Ratnam, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert in Polymer Technology, is in Ghana on a fact-finding ...
Gov’t calls for public-private partnership to fight indiscriminate disposal of plastics
The Ministry of Environment Science Technology and Innovation has called for collaboration among private organisations to help rid the country ...
Plastic waste takes over Cape Coast beaches
Tonnes of plastic wastes have engulfed portions of beaches in Cape Coast, depriving the environment of its beauty and serenity. ...
Single-use plastic: China to ban bags and other items
China, one of the world's biggest users of plastic, has unveiled a major plan to reduce single-use plastics across the ...
GRIPE donates sanitation facility to Domeabra M/A JHS
The Ghana Recycling Initiative by Private Initiative by Private Enterprises (GRIPE), in collaboration with the Council for Scientific and Industrial ...
Plastic waste: Runners face littering disqualification
Runners at north Wales' largest running event will be disqualified if they drop litter during the race. Organisers of Sunday's ...
Akufo-Addo to launch national plastic management policy on October 1
On October 1, 2019, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will announce Ghana's agreed approach to the curbing of plastic pollution ...
Dredging our minds and desilting our culture will solve flooding dilemma [Article]
“Government tackles flood with GHC197m, Government donate relief items to flood victims, NADMO records 53,000 rendered homeless due to flood”. ...
Tax products sold in plastics to reduce waste – Hassan Ayariga
The Founder of the All People’s Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, wants the government to tax consumables sold in plastic containers ...
Sanitation challenges: Parliament must consider a legislation on plastics – Zanetor
National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Klottey Korle Constituency, Dr. Zanetor Agyemang Rawlings, wants Parliament to take ...
C/Region: Fishermen call for ban on plastics over sea pollution
Some fishermen in the Central Region are calling on the government to place a temporary ban on the use of ...
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