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Workers sort and pack products into paper-made packages at a processing facility in Kigali. The initiative promotes eco-friendly packaging while supporting local manufacturing and job creation. Courtesy
Featured

How Rwanda is driving the transition from plastic to sustainable packaging

Friday, February 13, 2026
Glass water bottles in a filling production line at Inyange Industries, Kigali.
Business

Rwanda home to 73m tonnes of silica sand, enough for large-scale glass production: study

Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Nature has endowed every human and living organism with a defense mechanism called the immune system, which helps prevent and control infections. Internet Photo

Boost your immunity: A guide to fighting disease in a toxic world

Wednesday, November 05, 2025
Some illegal beers that have effects to the consumers.
Crime

Inside Rwanda’s fight against rogue alcohol producers

Friday, June 06, 2025
Juliet Kabera, Director General of the Rwanda Environment Management Authority speaks during World Environment Day, which was marked under the campaign theme Beat Plastic Pollution on June 5 .
Environment

Govt sets up 24 plastic collection points, creates nearly 1,500 green jobs

Friday, June 06, 2025
A worker sorts plastic waste at SIBO Engineering Company, one of local companies that deal with plastic waste recycling.
Environment

Six innovative solutions addressing plastic waste in Rwanda

Thursday, June 05, 2025
Some impounded single use plastics that were collected from different shops in Kigali. File

Rwanda’s push for global plastics treaty to resume in August

Sunday, June 01, 2025
Rwanda joined the global community in reaffirming its commitment to consumer rights and environmental sustainability as the world marked World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD).
Featured

FEATURED: Rwanda expands Consumer Rights Day into month-long drive for green, clean environment

Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Tailors on duty at the private garment company Pink Mango, located in the Kigali Special Economic Zone. File
Rwanda

What will it take to increase private investment in Rwanda?

Sunday, November 17, 2024
Apparels and textile packaging bags will be locally made by compostable plastic packaging factory. Courtesy photos
Environment

Govt secures investor for 'bio-compostable' packaging materials

Tuesday, November 05, 2024
Some of the impounded single use plastics from different shops in Kigali in 2022 as Rwanda continues to fight against plastic pollution. Photo by Samuel Ngendahimana
Environment

Single-use plastics: Environmentalists seek solutions for imported goods

Wednesday, March 06, 2024
Goats rummage through a heap of garbage. Somalia is the latest African country to ban single-use plastics. PHOTO- DENNIS ONSONGO
Environment

Somalia joins Rwanda, Kenya in banning single-use plastics

Friday, February 02, 2024