COIMBATORE: The decision of the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) to establish a waste-to-energy plant at the Vellalore dump yard has riled residents and environmental activists. The ...

On a scorching afternoon in Hwange’s Makwika suburb, fondly known as Number Three, the path to the bushes is well-worn. This is no leisure trail for walks or children’s play; it is a path to the only ...

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has criticised the plan by the Lagos State Government to reintroduce the monthly environmental sanitation exercise that restricts residents’ movement for three ...

Oluwaseun Akinola is a Nigerian-born, United States-based chemist and environmental expert. He is currently doing his doctoral programme in environmental ...

On Dhaka’s northern edge in Savar, Aminbazar landfill has become a towering symbol of the city’s growing waste crisis. Once designed as a temporary solution, the site has long exceeded its capacity, ...

FOLLOWING a deadly landfill collapse, Cebu City faces mounting logistical hurdles and a billion-peso price tag as it ...

It noted that on March 16, 2015, Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos delivered a judgment declaring the restriction of movement of Lagos residents for three hours every last ...

Olu, has flagged off the reintroduction of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise put on hold about ten years ago due to a court order on movement restriction.

The latest effort to ban polystyrene containers — also known as Styrofoam — would take effect on July 1, 2028. In addition, restaurants and other food service providers would be prohibited from ...

The Lagos State Government warned that the monthly environmental sanitation programme will be strictly enforced.

The move would allow officers to search premises without a warrant, seize assets and arrest those suspected of criminality.