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Western Media for Conservation (WEMECO) with support from Global Green Grants Fund and other Environment conservationists who convened female journalists based in the Albertine region in the Bunyoro sub-region appealed to journalists to enhance their efforts on environment reporting through extensive research and new multimedia tools to sustain the association of the communities with environmental conservation. This was during a Read More …

Plastic is a versatile and cheap material, useful to deliver healthcare, but overpackaging and unnecessary disposable products are replacing safe and effective reusable items. From production to disposal, plastics can pose severe risks to the environment and our health. Most plastics are made from fossil fuels (oil, gas, and coal) and contribute to carbon and toxic emissions. Combined with our Read More …

Almost 500 active pesticide ingredients are authorized in the EU for the treatment of agricultural crops. At the same time, however, hundreds of active substances are no longer authorized because they have been shown in the course of use to have unacceptable effects on human health or the environment…

Poisonous imports through the back door Banned pesticides found in fruit and vegetables from overseas in the pesticide test by GLOBAL 2000 and AK Upper Austria   The environmental organisation GLOBAL 2000 and the Chamber of Labour of Upper Austria have tested mangoes, pomegranates, sweet peas and green beans for pesticides. Pesticide residues were found on more than three quarters Read More …

The global outbreak of COVID 19 in 2019 in Chinese city of Wuhan, never spared Uganda, however, as a remedy in both short- and long-term facemasks are essential as part of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to avoid the transmission. These facemasks are made from different materials ranging from plastics and clothes others are reusable and others are not reusable.  The world turned to facemasks Read More …

A wide section of Ugandans continues to use Methylmercury, commonly known just as mercury, a banned substance around the world, directly or indirectly for various economic activities especially among artisanal miners and dentistry despite it being toxic and hazardous. Mercury is also used in the manufacture of industrial chemicals, electrical appliances, medical apparatus especially the liquid-in-glass thermometers, especially those used Read More …

30 January – 3 February 2023 | UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Bangkok, Thailand UN Environment Assembly – UNEA Science-Policy Panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution

Hi Placido,  Thanks for bringing up Covestro – the spinoff company from Bayer formed in Germany in 2015. They are certainly a big player in making not only plastics but also adhesives, coatings and other substances that are relevant to plastics. I am not sure why Covestro is not on the “Top 15” list, but can only refer to their Read More …

A large marine paint-making company has been fined £650,000 after a highly toxic banned chemical was washed out from a holding tank into a “pristine” river in south-west England. International Paint Ltd “utterly failed” to control a substance called TBT that it had stored at its mothballed plant on the banks of the Yealm in Devon, a judge concluded. An Read More …

Colleagues and friends,It has been an amazing experience working with you all to the end of the year 2022. The year has not passed without challenges, but most importantly, we managed to overcome them to this end. We would like to express our sincere appreciation to all Anglophone Africa Participating Organizations (AA POs) and partners for your cooperation in fulfilling Read More …