Industry executives back market-led ince...

NAIROBI, March 12 (Xinhua) -- Governments should enact friendly regulations to facilitate growth of social enterprises which seek durable solutions to plastic waste that is choking vital ecosystems,

Kenya mulls incentives to promote altern...

NAIROBI, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Kenya plans to put in place incentives to promote alternative packaging materials to plastic, an official said on Monday. Geoffrey Wahungu, director general of the Natio

Kenya finding it hard to succeed with pl...

As global concern over plastic pollution rises, corporate giants such as Coca-Cola and Unilever are pumping cash into a recycling initiative in Kenya they hope will provide a model for other developi

Sri Lanka aims to produce fuel from disc...

COLOMBO, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan government on Tuesday said that plans to implement a new project in the island country to produce fuel from plastic, polythene and discarded fishing nets is un

Mongolia's ban on disposable plastic bag...

ULAN BATOR, March 1 (Xinhua) -- A ban on single-use plastic bags across Mongolia came into force on Friday, aiming to protect the country's environment and the health of its citizens. "Today, many co

Balloons No.1 plastic risk to marine sea...

SYDNEY, March. 1 (Xinhua) -- A new study from Australia published Friday has found that balloons are the most high-risk plastic debris item for seabirds, with softer plastics shown to be 32 times mor