The Global Environmental Development Platform

                                                                There is an alarming rate in the increase of pollution in the air. In other words, air pollution is on the high rise in major cities around the world. For instance, in Warri, Nigeria, the air is so laden with pollutants especially from car or automobile exhaust emissions, and it’s becoming increasingly unbearable to breathe properly even as early as seven in the morning! I particularly, have just come through a bout of cold or flu, whichever way you want to call it, as a result of this menace. And I’ m not just talking about the normal ‘flu’. A case where you sneeze or cough out mucus which actually smells like the car exhaust fumes you inhaled. The air is becoming ubreathable because of lead fumes being expelled out of the exhaust pipes of old lorries, cars, and trailers,. This is a very serious issue, one in which the Ministry of Environment at all government levels in Nigeria should look into with utmost alacr

Every day around the world, people throw away things when they are no longer needed or in use. And every day people discard solid #wastes and lots of paper into garbage cans and bags for collectors, or worst still we litter our immediate environment with these wastes. Sometimes, we discard an old shirt or blouse or worn out automobile tyres.   And once in a long while, you discard something really big, perhaps an old refrigerator or a very old car.   Also, after lunch we throw away cans after emptying the contents of a soft drink or fruit juice, and we discard empty bottles of milk after breakfast most mornings. If we were to weigh all these solid wastes it will amount to several millions of metric tons a  year for each country! #Wastes are materials that we can no longer use in our homes, businesses, industries or elsewhere. Actually they are valuable resources and we have not yet learned how to reuse them as fully as possible, especially in Africa. We do reuse or reclaim some paper,