Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Plastic waste will be put to good use as an alternative fuel in cement production thanks to a new three-year partnership between Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda (CCBU) and Hima Cement Limited announced on Nov.17 in Kampala. CCBU will provide Hima Cement access to plastic waste from …
Read More »
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT l Arua City Council plans to establish a plastic waste recycling plant. The plant is part of the one-year inclusive climate action project funded by the Global Cities Fund (GCF) for Migrants and Refugees, under the Mayor’s Migration Council (MMC), a mayor-led advisory and advocacy organization. …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda must ratify and apply international agreements on the environment to boost its efforts to eliminate plastic waste. Uganda spends Shillings 10 billion annually to clear drainages of plastic waste according to a study. This follows 15 years of attempting to ban the production, importation, …
Read More »
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 tons of plastic waste have been recovered dumped in Masaka. The waste that includes mineral water and other soft drink bottles, polythene bags, and other household utensils were collected through the Masaka Recycling Initiative-MRI; a partnership between the Masaka Catholic Diocese and …
Read More »
New Delhi, India | Xinhua | India’s federal minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said 703km length of national highways have been constructed using plastic waste. Gadkari said his ministry has issued guidelines for the mandatory use of waste plastic in the periodic renewal of roads. The …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Climate change activists and Buganda Kingdom officials have rallied residents of Kigungu and Ndese landing sites in Entebbe municipality to remove plastic waste in and around the Lake Victoria shoreline. The team visited the two landing sites to interact with residents and encourage them to …
Read More »
Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several Wetlands in Hoima City are under threat from the unregulated disposal of plastic waste. The waste in the city is left uncollected and ends up in drainage channels and wetlands. In some places, the plastic waste is left to decompose on its own. The …
Read More »
No single country or company, however determined, can address the problems of plastics on its own By Nils Simon and Lili Fuhr If there are any geologists in millions of years, they will easily be able to pinpoint the start of the so-called Anthropocene – the geological age during which …
Read More »
The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price