In Egypt, the consumption of plastic bags is unrestrained at an average of 124 bags per person during 2015, equivalent to 12 billion annually. The top 5 consumers in Egypt are groceries (25 per cent), fruit and vegetables ...

The city of Tel Aviv-Yafo, the second most populous city in Israel and the second largest local economy in the Middle East in partnership with the Israeli Ministry of Environmental Protection created a Green Label for ...

Better environmental performance by businesses, restaurants and eateries in particular, attracts new environmental conscience customers who take sustainability into account when making their choices. Under the SwitchMed ...

The overall objective of this intervention is to support South African MSMEs and ecoentrepreneurs in the agricultural and waste management sectors by achieving sustainable development by assisting the transition towards ...

Sustainable public procurement (SPP) is one of the priorities in the Sustainable Consumption and Production National Action Plan of Egypt and the Ministry of Planning has also developed a Sustainable Development Strategy ...

Environmental challenges and lifestyle choices are defining issues of our time. The concept of circularity allows us to operationalize the inclusive green economy: how to reduce and eliminate waste and pollution through ...

The share of public procurement in GDP in Israel is high (10.24 per cent), and the public sector has been recognized as a key player in catalyzing the demand for green products and services and for serving as an example ...

In Israel, the industrial areas, which include industrial plants, commercial centers and offices, by nature have many environmental impacts, such as air pollution, harm to open spaces, generation of waste and wastewater, ...

The many guides and tools available in this approach for chemical hazard management can be gathered into three groups: safer production - operational and management systems and process guidance and tools; APELL (Awareness ...

The Algerian Sustainable Consumption and Production National Action Plan (SCP-NAP) was developed under the coordination of the Ministry of Environment and Renewable Energy under the EU-funded SwitchMed programme, with ...