Federal Gov’t, Stakeholders Move To Tackle Plastic Pollution

"Recycling Is Not Just Environmentalism, It Creates Jobs” – PAMA Urges African Governments To Not Ban Plastics

The Pan-African Manufacturers Association, PAMA has urged African governments to prioritise recycling in their countries.This is coming amid the ongoing trend of plastic bans across Africa, including Nigeria’s phased ban on single-use plastics in Federal Government offices.Speaking via a position paper titled “Africa’s Race to Plastic Ban: An Environmental Necessity or Threat to Local Manufacturing?” PAMA revealed that the current wave of bans w…

ECOWAS commission joins nigerian ministry of environment to commemorate World environment Day, championing action against plastic pollution | Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

The ECOWAS Commission in a significant collaboration with the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Environment’s Department of Planning, Research, and Statistics, on the 17th of June, 2025 celebrated the 2025 World Environment Day. The commemorative event, held in Abuja, Nigeria, themed: “Ending Plastic Pollution“ with the slogan “Beat the plastic“   Mr. Yao Bernard Koffi, Acting Director of Environment and Natural Resources, delivered a goodwill messag…

Lagos LG Sensitises Residents to Dangers of Plastic Pollution - Voice of Nigeria Broadcasting Service

The Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area (LGA) has sensitised the residents in the community to the dangers of plastic pollution and appealed to them to ensure a environment clean. The Chairman of Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area, Mr Oriyomi Hamzat, said this at the sensitisation meeting to commemorate the World Environment Day (WED) on Wednesday in Lagos. Hamzat represented at the event by the Vice Chairman, Mrs Oluwatosin Akerele, urged them t…

EPA, AngloGold demand urgent action to end plastic pollution

By Elizabeth PUNSU The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a clarion call for urgent and collective action against the growing menace of plastic pollution. The agency is urging individuals, institutions and businesses to rethink their relationship with plastic and take decisive steps to curb its misuse. This call came during a durbar organised by AngloGold Ashanti, Underground Mining Alliance (UMA), Obuasi West and Obuasi Municipali…

Senedd passes plastic wet wipe ban set to come into force next year

Wet wipes containing plastic will be banned in Wales next year to reduce the environmental harm caused by pollution.

Why change must start with people

by Runa Khan,15 June, 2025 On World Environment Day, the conversation around plastic pollution takes centre stage—globally, in treaty rooms and international campaigns, and locally, as we stare at rivers choked by waste and fields littered with non-biodegradable remnants of daily survival. But too often, we isolate the plastic crisis from the human beings at its centre: the families, farmers, vendors, and millions for whom plastic is not a conve…