Tag: Kenya
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Kenya bans plastic garbage bags (FREE)
No more Plastic Garbage Bags as NEMA Issues 90-Day Segregation of Waste Notice. This is a FREE article
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Kenyan Environmentalists warn against plastic recycling
Environmentalists in Kilifi warn against plastic recycling
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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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African leaders are selling their lands to discredited carbon offsetting program (FREE)
African leaders are selling their lands to discredited carbon offsetting greenwashing program. This is a FREE article
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Kenyan company shows chemical recycling in action (Video)
They’ve managed to set up a cheap chemical recycling factory. I’m not completely sure if this is reassuring. You have to watch this. I know that Kenya is at the forefront of greenwashing: the industry is trying to reassure us but in reality it’s a waste management fiasco.
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EU and France Keep sending fashion trash to Kenya (FREE)
There seem to be some some EPR funds embezzlement in France and EU when it comes to textile waste sent to Africa. This is a FREE article
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Corrupt and Failed Waste Management System in Kenya (FREE)
They tried to reassure us that the situation was fine in Kenya, but it’s not. Plastic waste still being dumped in rivers. Where did the money go? In ze pocket of someone. This is a FREe article
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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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Kenya on its way to become a Plastic banana republic
The plastic industry together with big oil and big brands continues to push for more plastic production and exportation into Africa.
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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 Biodegradable Pads Made from Banana Waste
Kenyan award-winning students to set up firm to make bio-degradable pads
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ENI Builds First Agri Hub in Kenya
Eni launches the first production of vegetable oil for biorefining in Kenya
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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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Kenyan Biodegradable Sanitary Pads
Kenyan Woman Creates Biodegradable Pads from Agricultural Waste
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Columbia, India, Kenya and South Africa Sugar Report
Sugar Report for Columbia, India, Kenya and South Africa
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Business Case for Deposit Return Scheme in Kenya (FREE)
A Business Case for a Deposit Return Scheme for Kenya. 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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Kenya Extended Producer Responsibility to Fail
Here is why the proposed Kenya Extended Producer Responsibility law is likely to fail
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Child and Slave Labor for PET Bottles in Kenya (FREE)
Clean Up Kenya in partnership with Nairobi Recyclers has released a damning 2021 PET Rubbish Report which places The Coca-Cola Company at the center of the plastic waste pandemic in Kenya. This is a FREE article
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First PET Pollution in Kenya Report Expected (FREE)
First national pollution brand audit report to be launched in Kenya. 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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Did the Kenya Plastic Bag Ban Work?
Kenya has harsh penalties for those caught manufacturing, selling, importing or using single-use plastics, yet the country still struggles to reduce its waste.
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