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Officials tour E-waste recycling and dismantling plant in Bugesera. / File

Rwanda keen on cutting waste to zero

Thursday, August 08, 2019
The New Times

A ‘wooden Rwanda’ for climate change mitigation?

Thursday, August 08, 2019
Joyce Msuya, the Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme. / Net photo

Rwanda is a classic example of environmental conservation – UNEP Director

Monday, July 08, 2019
The firm is looking to recycling large quantities of single use plastic bottles. Net photo.
Business

Investors seek to produce tiles, pavers, roof tiles by recycling single-use plastics

Monday, July 01, 2019
A TVET student during a welding class.

TVET: Empowering the youth with practical skills

Thursday, June 13, 2019
The Minister for Environment Dr Vincent Biruta (right) addresses Members of Parliament as REMA Deputy Director General Faustin Munyazikwiye looks on yesterday. The Lower House yesterday passed a draft law prohibiting the manufacture, importation, use and sale of single-use plastic items in Rwanda. Craish Bahizi.
Rwanda

House passes bill to ban single-use plastics

Wednesday, June 12, 2019
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Rwanda

Tanzania bans plastic bags

Thursday, May 16, 2019
The New Times

The monetisation of garbage

Monday, April 22, 2019
Kalima (left) and Josee Rashidi, head of Kinshasau2019s new national sanitation and health agency during the meeting on Friday
Rwanda

Rwandan, Congolese businesses discuss urban sanitation and hygiene project

Sunday, April 21, 2019
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Children & Education

Student entrepreneurship: Why it’s important for sustainability

Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Some single-use plastic bottles in a trash bin. A new law, that is currently before parliament, will ban single-use plastics. File.
Rwanda

Multinationals make plastic recycling commitments in Africa

Friday, March 29, 2019
Kwizera Ndakubana, mixes plastic bags for boiling. Photos by Joan Mbabazi.
Business

Emerging entrepreneurs out to turn discarded plastics into pavers

Monday, March 18, 2019