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Plastic Pollution

Why Recycling Alone Won’t Solve Nigeria’s Plastic Pollution Crisis

By Uduma Deborah Alobo, Environmental Engineer Anyone living in a moderately to densely populated urban area in Nigeria is well aware of the country’s plastic pollution crisis. From single-use plastic bags (popularly called nylon) and bread wrappers to Styrofoam food containers, pure water sachets, plastic bottles and the plastic packaging of everyday goods such as […]

Nigeria, 3 others get £16.2m UK grant to fight plastic pollution

Nigeria and three other developing countries are to benefit from a £16.2 million grant from the UK Government to facilitate a united effort against plastic waste globally. The British High Commission in Nigeria, in a statement in Lagos on Friday, said the grant, from UK’s £500 million Blue Planet Fund, would help tackle plastic pollution […]