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Workers package yogurt in single -use plastic bottles at Masaka Farm at the Kigali Special Economic Zone in Gasabo District. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Are producers ready to phase out single-use plastics?

Tuesday, October 15, 2019
Tin cans were invented in 1804. Net photo.
Children & Education

Origins of ordinary things: Tin cans

Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Viewers are tempted to touch Uwaseu2019s work.Courtesy photos.

Review: “Autour De Moi” – Art Can Be About Everything

Saturday, August 10, 2019
Gen Nyamvumba (R) the RDF Chirf of Defense Staff and other participants in the Army week. Courtesy.

Rwanda’s commitment to peacekeeping remains intact 15 years on

Thursday, July 04, 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
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
UNMISS during Umuganda to clean the capital Juba. / Courtesy

UN introduce Umuganda in South Sudan

Sunday, June 09, 2019
The New Times

The monetisation of garbage

Monday, April 22, 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
The New Times
Children & Education

Origins of ordinary things: Rubber erasers

Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Agroplast Ltd recycles plastic waste into different materials. The company pledged to turn single-use plastics into pavers. Courtesy.
Rwanda

Local firms keen on recycling single use plastic items

Wednesday, March 06, 2019
The Minister for Environment, Dr Vincent Biruta, addresses members of the parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Environment as Coletha Ruhamya, the Director General of REMA, looks on in Kigali yesterday. The Government has pinned its hopes on five local firms that produce non-plastic products and seven companies that recycle plastics to phase out the use of single use plastic materials without significant disruptions. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Govt bets on local firms to phase out single-use plastics, smoothly

Tuesday, March 05, 2019