Month: March 2020 Posts

MUST bans thin plastics at its campus

Mar 06, 2020 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Malawi University of  Science and Technology (MUST) has banned the use of thin plastics at the institution. This is according to a public notice which was released on Thursday, signed by the institution's Vice Chancellor… ...

Govt confiscates thin plastics

Nov 22, 2019 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Government through the Department of Environment Affairs in the Ministry of Natural Resources Energy and Mining has confiscated tons thin plastics from a Chinese manufacturer in Lilongwe. Authorities have also seized a vehicle registration number… ...

Catholic women clean up Blantyre

Sep 28, 2019 Luke Bisani 0 &

The Catholic Women Organisation (CWO) in the Archdiocese of Blantyre on Friday cleaned up Ndirande Township in Blantyre as part of Earth Action Initiative on Environment. The exercise in Ndirande Township follows a call to… ...

Malawi’s highest court bans plastic bags

Aug 01, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

A seven-judge panel of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal yesterday ruled in favour of a Malawi Government ban on thin plastic bags. Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda led the panel of Justices of Appeal Anthony… ...

Court’s snail pace worries environmental CSO’s

Jun 06, 2018 Luke Bisani 0 &

Environmental Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Malawi have expressed worry on the delay by the court to deliver a ruling on the plastic ban that was challenged by companies two years ago. The CSOs which… ...