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Recycling is not enough to solve the plastic crisis: Greenpeace
The Kenya Plastics Pact has published a roadmap to ensure all plastic packaging in the country is recyclable or reusable by 2030. The plan by the pact’s business members and other supporters will ensure that 40% of plastic packaging is effectively recycled.
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DRC’s oil blocks auction: Civil society statement on threats and intimidation of environmental defenders in DR Congo
Three weeks after the auction of 30 oil and gas blocks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), environmental defenders continue to face direct threats.
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Plastic Free July: It’s Time to Hold Polluters Accountable
This plastic free July, volunteers showcased retailers who are adapting to the new normal. From milk ATMs, cooking oil ATMs to grain refill stations, the refill and reuse system is slowly taking shape across Africa.
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My Perspective of the Kenyan Presidential Manifestos: Do they Address The Pertinent Issues of Food and Agriculture, Environment and Climate Change?
The cost of living has risen, so has the prices of essential commodities such as food. According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, as per the 30th of June 2022, a 2kg packet of maize flour retailed at an average price Kshs.186, up from an average price of Kshs 129 in June 2021. Maize…
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Whose interest does the Kenyan seeds law protect?
Seed is the source of life. It is critical in food production, nutrition, agricultural development, rural livelihoods and agrobiodiversity. Farmers across the globe have saved and exchanged indigenous seeds freely, for centuries. Seed sharing forms the culture and tradition of many communities and it has been key in sustaining local farming communities and livelihoods for…
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Recycling is not Enough; It’s Time to Invest in Refill and Reuse Models
The dawn of plastic technology has been a celebrated advancement in human history. However, single-use plastic has turned out to be one of the most severe environmental headaches of our time. From oceans to landfills the plastic tap is clearly out of control with plastic overflowing into our environment and in our daily lives. A…
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The Negative Impact of Plastic in Nigeria: The need for a Legal Framework
Indiscriminate disposal, poor management and the unregulated use of plastic are fuelling a pollution crisis in Nigeria. The effects of plastic in Nigeria has negative environmental and health implications. The…
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6 African women shaping the climate conversation
There are many women who will not be silenced when it comes to conversations around their futures, and are shaping the way we think about the climate crisis
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Monsanto in South Africa:The True Cost Of Our Food
We share how large seed companies like Monsanto in South Africa, endanger livelihoods by pushing harmful seed policies, and how to organize ourselves to fight back.
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March 8, 2022: A day of celebration against a backdrop of despair for women fish processors
“It is time for West African governments to stop the establishment of fishmeal factories and to take steps to ban the use of whole fish for human consumption in the fishmeal and fish oil factories that have already been set up," argued Abdoulaye Ndiaye, Oceans Campaigner at Greenpeace Africa.