Tag: Clean Up Kenya
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Oxfam & The Salvation Army are dumping textile waste in Kenya (FREE)
Oxfam International and The Salvation Army are dumping second hand clothes in Kenya. This is a FREE artricle
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Kenyan Senator calls uncontrolled exports of Second Hand Clothing to Kenya ‘Dumping’ (FREE)
Nominated Senator Hamida Kibwana has described the exportation of sub standard textiles, plastics and synthetics into Kenya from developed countries as “dumping”. This is a FREE article
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Mitumba Association of Kenya denies Second Hand Clothing imported into Kenya has any Environmental Impact (FREE)
Six months after Clean Up Kenya collaborated with the Changing Markets Foundation and Wildlight to release a groundbreaking report on the environmental impact of Second Hand Clothing (SHC) exported into Kenya from the United Kingdom and the European Union, the Mitumba Consortium Association of Kenya (MCAK), a lobby group for Kenya’s SHC importers, has released a rebuttal report claiming…
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Kenya’s Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations circus (FREE)
As we mark 2023 International World Environment Day, Kenya continues to engage in a circus game in the development of critical environmental laws meant to combat plastic pollution. These laws include the important Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations which are meant to ensure consumer brands get more responsibility in the management of plastic pollution. This is…
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The Stealth Export of Waste Plastic Clothes to Kenya (FREE)
Textile waste, which is actually plastic waste (polyester), branded as second hand clothing for Africa. Is the export of second hand clothing a calamity for Africa? This is a FREE article
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Kenyan Politicians Are Lazy when it Comes to Sustainability (FREE)
Nairobi City County Members of Parliament fail the Environmental Sustainability Governance test. This is a FREE article
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First National Leadership Environmental Sustainability Scorecard (FREE)
Clean Up Kenya will this Sunday, 5th June 2022, on World Environment Day, commence the releasing of a National Leadership Environmental Sustainability Scorecard focusing on the work of Members of Parliament in constituencies over the last five years. This is a FREE article
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Justice for Waste Pickers in Kenya (FREE)
Clean Up Kenya has teamed up with Nairobi Recyclers to launch a ‘Justice for Waste Pickers’ campaign to draw attention to the plight of informal waste pickers across the country and to push the government to institute legislative and structural interventions to address this urgent problem.
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Science and China Can Stop Climate Change not Politicians or Activists (FREE)
The latest article by Betterman Simidi Musasia, Founder and Patron of Clean Up Kenya – Science and China holds the key to stopping the climate change clock, not politicians or activists. This is a FREE article
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Ellen MacArthur Does Plastic Colonialism in Kenya (FREE)
NGO says Ellen MacArthur Foundation is a greenwashing platform doing plastic colonialism in Africa.
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