Plastic pollution is a major problem in Nigeria. Recent research identified the country as a plastic pollution hotspot, ...

Lagos, Nigeria - August 06, 2024 A Nigerian startup named Statewide Waste and Environmental Project (SWEEP) has been focusing on plastic waste recycling to help the capital city of Lagos tackle ...

The New School generates around two and a half million pounds of waste each year. Forty-five percent of that waste is directly diverted from a landfill through recycling and composting. Our generation ...

At least 1,400 students have been taken from Nigerian schools since the 2014 kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls by Boko Haram militants in the village of Chibok in Borno state shocked the world.

“We cannot discuss sustainable waste ... Nigeria. Lawal stated that waste pickers, popularly known as “Baban Bolla,” are the backbone of waste recovery, contributing significantly to ...

The report said over half of the bills sponsored ... were recycled from previous assemblies. INVESTIGATION: Beyond the Facade: Unveiling the Violence in Nigeria’s ‘Peaceful’ Presidential ...

Many plastics are, in theory at least, highly recyclable. Unfortunately ... [Rehaan33] built a rig to create bricks out of waste plastic for a school project. The aim of the project is to take ...

Schools that were closed after a fire at a recycling plant in south-west London ... About 40 firefighters were sent to Reston Waste Management in Weir Road, Wimbledon, at about 22:30 BST on ...