Journal of Pollution Effects & Control
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Department of Agricultural Engineering, RP-IPRC Musanze, Rwanda

Publications

• Review Article   
  Break Free From Plastics: Environmental Perspectives and Lessons from Rwanda
  Author(s): Janvier Hakuzimana*
  
  Plastics production (i.e. 450 million tons per annum globally), use and disposal (i.e. 300 million tons per annum globally) are one of the top environmental concerns and global waste management impediments. Over the past decades, researchers’ voices have repeatedly been raised for acting and saving inland as well as aquatic ecosystems being harmed by the increasing plastic pollution. Micro plastics have also been reported to be in tap water, bottled drinks and in fish we eat. Consequently, conventions have been signed, laws and regulations enforced (banning, increased taxation, etc.) in various regions and countries across the globe for lessening plastics harm on the environment. In this struggle, Rwanda looks to be in front line compared to other regional and continental countries; hence resulted in calling its capital Kigali by many, “the African cle.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2375-4397.20.9.276

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