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A view of of Nyabugogo Wetland
Environment

Wetlands restoration drive turns flood zones into eco parks

Tuesday, December 02, 2025
Some lab chemicals at Nyarugenge based school. Courtesy
Environment

Over 1,700 tonnes of toxic waste collected from schools, other places

Thursday, October 23, 2025
COMESA members during a meeting on Wednesday, October 8. The block has launched a digital payments system to cut transaction costs. Courtesy
Technology

COMESA launches regional digital payments system

Friday, October 10, 2025
Gashegu Muramira receives the COMESA Media Excellence Award from Kenyan President and incoming COMESA Chairperson William Ruto, as COMESA Secretary General, Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe, looks on. Courtesy
Rwanda

New Times journalist wins COMESA media award

Thursday, October 09, 2025
A floating boom.
Environment

Rusizi power plant gets floating booms to fight plastic waste

Tuesday, August 12, 2025
A view of a construction project of an integrated waste treatment facility designed to process both faecal and solid waste in Rusizi District. Courtesy
Environment

Rusizi waste treatment project to create 1,200 green jobs

Tuesday, July 08, 2025
A view of Nyabugogo river, is reported to be increasingly under threat from a range of pollution sources stemming from poor waste management practices
Environment

Scientists raise alarm over worsening pollution in Nyabugogo river

Saturday, June 28, 2025
The New Times

Reflecting on the plastic we don’t see: Why small choices matter in a big crisis

Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Students during experiment
Environment

Collection of chemical waste from schools to begin in Western Province

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