Federal Government mandates extended producer responsibility for plastic waste

KEY POINTS MAIN STORY The Federal Government has announced a decisive shift in its environmental policy, moving from voluntary waste management to a strict legal framework of mandatory enforcement. Prof. Innocent Barikor, Director-General of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), disclosed during a stakeholders’ sensitisation programme in Owerri on Thursday that producers, … Continue reading Federal Government mandates extended producer responsibility for plastic waste