Teenager Launches Innovative Campaign with Big Impact on Local Restaurants: 'He Got Close to 100% Participation Voluntarily'

Teenager launches innovative campaign with big impact on local restaurants: 'He got close to 100% participation voluntarily'

A New Jersey teenager's work in his hometown has resulted in a new law aimed at curbing plastic waste, which has massive support from the community and businesses in the area. According to Shorebeat, Lavallette introduced a new city ordinance that will require businesses to ask all customers who order takeout if they want plastic utensils included with their meals, rather than simply including them by default. The ordinance was proposed by Lando…

MPs Pass Law Banning Single-Use Plastic – Ethiopian Monitor

Ethiopian lawmakers ratified a strict waste management and disposal proclamation that enforces a nationwide ban on single-use plastics. The House voted unanimously on Tuesday to ratify the revised law which repealed the 2007 Solid Waste Management proclamation. The decision is a part of a wider approach in implementing an integrated and sustainable system in controlling the ever growing solid waste problems including plastic pollution. The House…

Single-use plastics dealers accuse Lagos of insensitivity, seek phased ban - EnviroNews - latest environment news, climate change, renewable energy

The Association of Scraps and Waste Pickers of Lagos (ASWOL) has urged the Lagos State Government to undertake a phased ban of Single Use Plastics (SUPs) instead of an outright ban, ahead of the July 1, 2025, enforcement deadline. Single-use plastics President of ASWOL, Mr. Friday Oku, who disclosed this in an interview on Sunday, June 8, 2025, said that there should be at least three years’ notice to dealers and producers of SUPs to transit to…