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The world can cut plastic pollution by 80 percent by 2040, the UN says. Here’s how

NewstalkZB 17 May 2023
The last few decades have seen plastic production levels soar, especially single-use plastic, and waste management systems have not kept pace. The world generated 139 million metric tons of single use plastic waste in 2021 ... People collecting plastic waste at Dandora dumpsite, in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Kenya launches industry body to boost packaging recycling

Xinhua 26 May 2023
Soipan Tuya, cabinet secretary for the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry, told journalists in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi that the Packaging Producer Responsibility Organization (PAKPRO) will provide financial subsidies to waste collectors in order to ...
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Fighting the effects of fast fashion in Kenya

RTE 25 May 2023
In the Kenyan capital Nairobi, a growing number of fashion designers and textile workers are trying to turn the tide on the problems caused by textile waste ... Mitumba in a Market in Nairobi ... Nairobi River is full of fabric that cannot decompose," Gertrude says ... People unloading rubbish at a dump in Nairobi.
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12 more civil servants join UN program

Hong Kong Standard 21 May 2023
Chan believes that she will join others in Nairobi to work to reduce pollution from chemical products and wastes as well as collaborating with other governments, industries and organizations to find a way to manage chemical and waste pollution effectively.
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Leader of Kenyan waste pickers: ‘We are the backbone of recycling’

The Observer 12 May 2023
As a boy John Chweya was one of many children who scrambled over the mountain of stinking waste at Kachok dump, using a magnet that he dangled over the rubbish to pull out metal scraps and earn a living ... A waste picker walks past Marabou storks feeding on a mountain of rubbish in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Learning from Kenya’s VegPro Group: Ghanaian bankers gain insights into modern agricultural practice

Joy Online 28 Apr 2023
Gorge Farm, one of VegPro’s subsidiary farms, produces a wide range of vegetables, fruits, and flowers and uses waste products to produce energy through its biogas operation. VegPro’s Nairobi processing facility employs over 1600 staff, mostly women and runs a 24-hour shifts system to meet export demand.
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Learning from Kenya’s VegPro Group

B & FT Online 26 Apr 2023
Gorge Farm, one of VegPro’s subsidiary farms, produces a wide range of vegetables, fruits, and flowers and uses waste products to produce energy through its biogas operation. VegPro’s Nairobi processing facility employs over 1600 staff, mostly women and runs a 24-hour shifts system to meet export demand.
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At the Roxy: All-animal edition for Missoula's wildlife film fest

Missoulian 20 Apr 2023
CHARLOTTE MACORN The Roxy Theater. This week sees the 46th annual International Wildlife Film Festival return to the Roxy Theater ...Kangaroo Valley’ ... Amidst a catastrophic plastic waste crisis in her hometown of Nairobi, Nzambi Matee risks everything to pioneer revolutionary technology that transforms plastic waste into sustainable paving bricks ... Tue ... .
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Somalia's ecosystem in the dumps as toxic waste poisons life

The New Arab 17 Apr 2023
... were conducting an inspection of metal barrels suspected of containing toxic waste ... The task force, deployed to Somalia’s north-eastern Puntland state, reported that it “found no traces of toxic waste from the samples taken in the three coastal locations and tested in Nairobi.”.
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Microsoft, Apple, Frontier extend support for ‘high-quality’ carbon removal

GreenBiz 13 Apr 2023
And Frontier has prepurchased 2,198 metric tons from Cella, a company based in both New York in Nairobi that is injecting CO2 into volcanic rock in combination with saline water and geothermal brine waste.
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UN calls for action against waste crisis

Xinhua 30 Mar 2023
NAIROBI, March 30 (Xinhua) -- The growing crisis of waste pollution should be tackled as a matter of urgency in order to realize a healthier, more prosperous and greener future for humanity, the UN said Thursday as the world marked the first International Day of Zero Waste.
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WATCH: Entrepreneurs in Nairobi find a way to tackle electronic waste

Independent online (SA) 14 Mar 2023
The rapid growth in technology has contributed to an increase in electronic waste (e-waste) generation in the last decade, which is affecting the environment. E-waste is the world's fastest-growing domestic waste ... Godwin Ochieng is one of many who make a living by collecting electronic waste from dumpsites in Nairobi.
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WATCH: Engineers Kiuna and Gathu inspiring children to become future engineers

Independent online (SA) 06 Mar 2023
Engineers Moses Kiuna and David Gathu are doing their usual round of dumpsites near Nairobi. They're after electronic waste, a valuable resource for building their gadgets ... electronic waste, and assembled in their small workshop ... "The e-waste material that is being scattered around.
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Turkish first lady meets head of UN-Habitat

Urdu Point 04 Mar 2023
She also invited Erdogan to inaugurate the International Zero Waste Day on March 30 in New York, as well as deliver a keynote address at the UN-Habitat General Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya on June 5-8. Led by Erdogan, T�rkiye launched the zero waste project in 2017, drawing ...

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