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Namibia inaugurates first waste buyback center to boost circular economy

STORY: Namibia inaugurates first waste buyback center to boost circular economy SHOOTING TIME: April 12, 2024 DATELINE: April 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: Windhoek CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the inauguration 2. SOUNDBITE (English): MOSES MATYAYI, Chief Executive of Windhoek 3. various of the waste buyback center STORYLINE: Namibia on Friday inaugurated its first waste buyback center (WBBC) which will see residents earn income by collecting and selling recyclable materials at an event held in the informal settlement of Katutura in Windhoek, the Namibian capital. Established under the project "Improving Solid Waste Management in Windhoek," financed by the European Union and implemented jointly with the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, the WBBC is to reduce waste volumes, minimize harmful environmental effects, promote recycling, and create job opportunities through startup incubation focusing on waste reengineering. During the inauguration ceremony, Queen Kamati, the mayor o

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NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-WASTE BUYBACK CENTER

(240412) -- WINDHOEK, April 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Students display products made from recycled materials during an inauguration ceremony of a waste buyback center in Windhoek, Namibia, on April 12, 2024. Namibia on Friday inaugurated its first waste buyback center (WBBC) which will see residents earn income by collecting and selling recyclable materials at an event held in the informal settlement of Katutura in Windhoek. (Photo by Musa C Kaseke/Xinhua)

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NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-WASTE BUYBACK CENTER

(240412) -- WINDHOEK, April 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Workers demonstrate how the equipment operates at a waste buyback center in Windhoek, Namibia, on April 12, 2024. Namibia on Friday inaugurated its first waste buyback center (WBBC) which will see residents earn income by collecting and selling recyclable materials at an event held in the informal settlement of Katutura in Windhoek. (Photo by Musa C Kaseke/Xinhua)

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NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-WASTE BUYBACK CENTER

(240412) -- WINDHOEK, April 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People attend an inauguration ceremony of a waste buyback center in Windhoek, Namibia, on April 12, 2024. Namibia on Friday inaugurated its first waste buyback center (WBBC) which will see residents earn income by collecting and selling recyclable materials at an event held in the informal settlement of Katutura in Windhoek. (Photo by Musa C Kaseke/Xinhua)

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(2)Ex-meat packer chairman gets 7 years in prison on beef fraud

OSAKA, Japan - Prosecutors walk into the Osaka District Court on May 27 to attend the trial of Mitsuru Asada, former chairman of meat packer Hannan Corp., who was indicted for swindling the government out of more than 5 billion yen by abusing a state beef buyback program established to calm concerns over mad cow disease. The court sentenced Asada to seven years in prison.

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Execs of Nagoya meat group arrested over beef buyback scam

NAGOYA, Japan - Law enforcement authorities arrested Yoshiharu Fujimura, chairman of the Fujichiku group, and six senior executives of the Nagoya-based Fujichiku meat wholesale group Nov. 8 on suspicion of fraudulently receiving state subsidies under the government's beef buyback program launched after the outbreak of mad cow disease in Japan in 2001.

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Snow Brand Foods execs sentenced for beef fraud

KOBE, Japan - The Kobe District Court on Nov. 22 sentenced five officials of the now-defunct Snow Brand Foods Co. to two years in prison, suspended for three years, for fraud related to a government-run beef-buyback scheme devised after mad cow disease hit Japan last year. (Pool photo)

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New Nippon Meat President Fujii meets press

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshikiyo Fujii, new president of Nippon Meat Packers Inc., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 2, the same day the farm ministry decided to allow his company and its subsidiary Nippon Food Inc. to resume beef-related operations after a fraud scandal involving the government's beef buyback program.

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Farm ministry probes all uninspected Nippon Food beef

TOKYO, Japan - Farm ministry officials enter Nippon Food Inc.'s warehouse office in Tokyo on Aug. 27 to investigate all uninspected beef that the subsidiary of Nippon Meat Packers Inc. submitted as part of a state buyback scheme. The subsidiary allegedly labeled imported beef as domestic beef to obtain subsidies under the scheme.

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Takebe unsatisfied with remedial steps by Nippon Meat

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Farm minister Tsutomu Takebe expresses dissatisfaction Aug. 21 in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, with the remedial steps taken by Nippon Meat Packers Inc. the previous day over its subsidiary's abuse of a state-run beef-buyback program.

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Nippon Meat chairman to resign over beef scam

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshinori Okoso (file photo), chairman and founder of Nippon Meat Packers Inc., will resign as part of the company's disciplinary actions taken in response to a subsidiary's abuse of a state-run beef-buyback program introduced last year following the outbreak of mad cow disease in Japan.

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Nippon Food sales office searched over beef scam

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A farm ministry investigator enters a Nippon Food Inc. sales office in Ehime Prefecture on Aug. 10 in connection with suspected cheating of a state-run beef buyback program by the firm.

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Nippon Meat says 2 execs involved in beef scam

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroji Okoso (C), president of Nippon Meat Packers Inc., says in Tokyo on Aug. 9 that two of its top executives were either directly involved in or aware of the subsidiary Nippon Food Inc.'s abuse of the state-run beef-buyback program. Okoso apologized for the fraud with Motoaki Shoji (L), senior managing director of Nippon Meat Packers, who also serves as director of Nippon Food Inc., and Heihachiro Azuma (R), vice president of Nippon Meat and president of the subsidiary.

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(4)Gov't set to file fraud charges against Nippon Meat

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Meat Packers Inc. President Hiroji Okoso answers reporters after meeting farm minister Tsutomu Takebe following reports that a unit of the firm disguised imported beef as domestic in a state-run beef-buyback scheme introduced after mad cow disease emerged in Japan.

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(3)Gov't set to file fraud charges against Nippon Meat

TOKYO, Japan - Farm minister Tsutomu Takebe speaks at a news conference Aug. 7 after meeting Nippon Meat Packers Inc. executives over reports that a unit of the firm disguised imported beef as domestic in a state-run beef-buyback scheme introduced after mad cow disease emerged in Japan.

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(2)Gov't set to file fraud charges against Nippon Meat

SENDAI, Japan - A notice put up at a supermarket in Sendai on Aug. 7 tells customers that products of Nippon Meat Packers Inc. have been removed from the shelves following reports a unit of the firm disguised imported beef as domestic in applying for subsidies in a state-run beef-buyback scheme introduced after mad cow disease emerged in Japan.

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(1)Gov't set to file fraud charges against Nippon Meat

OSAKA, Japan - A spokesman for Nippon Meat Packers Inc. answers reporters Aug. 6 on reports that a subsidiary of the firm defrauded the state of subsidies by disguising imported beef as domestic in a state-run beef-buyback scheme introduced after mad cow disease emerged in Japan.

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Police search Nippon Shokuhin in false labeling probe

FUKUOKA, Japan - Police enter the head office of failed meat processor Nippon Shokuhin Co. in Fukuoka's Higashi Ward on July 18. They were searching for evidence on allegations the firm received some 136 million yen in subsidy payments under a state beef buyback program by labeling imported meat as domestic.

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(1)Snow Brand Foods shareholders approve dissolution plan

SAPPORO, Japan - Shareholders of Snow Brand Foods Co. attending an extraordinary meeting at a Sapporo hotel April 26 approve a management proposal to dissolve the scandal-hit firm and entrusted its president and five other board members with remaining tasks to wind it up. The company earlier admitted it passed off Australian beef as Japanese beef to benefit from a government buyback scheme introduced after the discovery of mad cow disease in Japan last September.

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Farm ministry starts random checks of beef in buyback scheme

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from the Agriculture and Livestock Indusries Corp affiliated with the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry check beef in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 8. The farm ministry launched random inspections of some 12,000 tons of beef, which the ministry purchased under the buyback scheme implemented after mad cow disease was found in Japan.

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Snow Brand Foods offices searched over labeling scam

TOKYO, Japan - Investigators enter the headquarters of Snow Brand Foods Co. in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Feb. 2 to gather documentary evidence following allegations the firm deliberately mislabeled foreign beef to obtain state subsidies under a government-run beef buyback scheme.

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All Snow Brand Food products removed from stores

KOBE, Japan - All Snow Brand Food Co. ham and sausage, delicatessen and processed-meat products are removed from shelves at a supermarket in Kobe on Jan. 26, as its scandal relating to mad cow disease was unveiled. Snow Brand Food's employees in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, repackaged 13.8 tons of Australian beef last October in order to pass it off as Japanese beef and claim government compensation under the buyback scheme.

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Probe of Snow Brand Food expands to beef stored in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo metropolitan government inspectors enter Snow Brand Food Co.'s Tokyo headquarters Jan. 24 to check if beef the company has stored in the capital is actually domestic. It was revealed the previous day that the firm had passed off foreign beef as domestic to get government subsidies designed to compensate under a domestic beef buyback scheme to cope with the mad cow disease scare.

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Probe of Snow Brand Food expands to beef stored in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo metropolitan government inspectors enter Snow Brand Food Co.'s Tokyo headquarters Jan. 24 to check if beef the company has stored in the capital is actually domestic. It was revealed the previous day that the firm had passed off foreign beef as domestic to get government subsidies designed to compensate under a domestic beef buyback scheme to cope with the mad cow disease scare.

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All Snow Brand Food products removed from stores

KOBE, Japan - All Snow Brand Food Co. ham and sausage, delicatessen and processed-meat products are removed from shelves at a supermarket in Kobe on Jan. 26, as its scandal relating to mad cow disease was unveiled. Snow Brand Food's employees in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, repackaged 13.8 tons of Australian beef last October in order to pass it off as Japanese beef and claim government compensation under the buyback scheme.

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Execs of Nagoya meat group arrested over beef buyback scam

NAGOYA, Japan - Law enforcement authorities arrested Yoshiharu Fujimura, chairman of the Fujichiku group, and six senior executives of the Nagoya-based Fujichiku meat wholesale group Nov. 8 on suspicion of fraudulently receiving state subsidies under the government's beef buyback program launched after the outbreak of mad cow disease in Japan in 2001. (Kyodo)

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(1)Ex-meat packer chairman gets 7 years in prison on beef fraud

OSAKA, Japan - Mitsuru Asada (file photo), former chairman of meat packer Hannan Corp., was sentenced to seven years in prison by the Osaka District Court on May 27 for swindling the government out of more than 5 billion yen by abusing a state beef buyback program established to calm concerns over mad cow disease. (yodo)

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(2)Ex-meat packer chairman gets 7 years in prison on beef fraud

OSAKA, Japan - Prosecutors walk into the Osaka District Court on May 27 to attend the trial of Mitsuru Asada, former chairman of meat packer Hannan Corp., who was indicted for swindling the government out of more than 5 billion yen by abusing a state beef buyback program established to calm concerns over mad cow disease. The court sentenced Asada to seven years in prison. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Meat says 2 execs involved in beef scam

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroji Okoso (C), president of Nippon Meat Packers Inc., says in Tokyo on Aug. 9 that two of its top executives were either directly involved in or aware of the subsidiary Nippon Food Inc.'s abuse of the state-run beef-buyback program. Okoso apologized for the fraud with Motoaki Shoji (L), senior managing director of Nippon Meat Packers, who also serves as director of Nippon Food Inc., and Heihachiro Azuma (R), vice president of Nippon Meat and president of the subsidiary. (Kyodo)

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Farm ministry starts random checks of beef in buyback scheme

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from the Agriculture and Livestock Indusries Corp affiliated with the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry check beef in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 8. The farm ministry launched random inspections of some 12,000 tons of beef, which the ministry purchased under the buyback scheme implemented after mad cow disease was found in Japan.

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(2)Gov't set to file fraud charges against Nippon Meat

SENDAI, Japan - A notice put up at a supermarket in Sendai on Aug. 7 tells customers that products of Nippon Meat Packers Inc. have been removed from the shelves following reports a unit of the firm disguised imported beef as domestic in applying for subsidies in a state-run beef-buyback scheme introduced after mad cow disease emerged in Japan. (Kyodo)

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(1)Gov't set to file fraud charges against Nippon Meat

OSAKA, Japan - A spokesman for Nippon Meat Packers Inc. answers reporters Aug. 6 on reports that a subsidiary of the firm defrauded the state of subsidies by disguising imported beef as domestic in a state-run beef-buyback scheme introduced after mad cow disease emerged in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Shokuhin chief gets suspended sentence for fraud

FUKUOKA, Japan - Shigehito Atoyama, the former head of meat processor Nippon Shokuhin Co., leaves the Fukuoka District Court on April 17 after being sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for three years, for fraud related to a state beef-buyback program. (Kyodo)

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Snow Brand Foods execs sentenced for beef fraud

KOBE, Japan - The Kobe District Court on Nov. 22 sentenced five officials of the now-defunct Snow Brand Foods Co. to two years in prison, suspended for three years, for fraud related to a government-run beef-buyback scheme devised after mad cow disease hit Japan last year. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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New Nippon Meat President Fujii meets press

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshikiyo Fujii, new president of Nippon Meat Packers Inc., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 2, the same day the farm ministry decided to allow his company and its subsidiary Nippon Food Inc. to resume beef-related operations after a fraud scandal involving the government's beef buyback program. (Kyodo)

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Farm ministry probes all uninspected Nippon Food beef

TOKYO, Japan - Farm ministry officials enter Nippon Food Inc.'s warehouse office in Tokyo on Aug. 27 to investigate all uninspected beef that the subsidiary of Nippon Meat Packers Inc. submitted as part of a state buyback scheme. The subsidiary allegedly labeled imported beef as domestic beef to obtain subsidies under the scheme. (Kyodo)

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Takebe unsatisfied with remedial steps by Nippon Meat

NAGAKUTE, Japan - Farm minister Tsutomu Takebe expresses dissatisfaction Aug. 21 in Nagakute, Aichi Prefecture, with the remedial steps taken by Nippon Meat Packers Inc. the previous day over its subsidiary's abuse of a state-run beef-buyback program. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Meat chairman to resign over beef scam

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshinori Okoso (file photo), chairman and founder of Nippon Meat Packers Inc., will resign as part of the company's disciplinary actions taken in response to a subsidiary's abuse of a state-run beef-buyback program introduced last year following the outbreak of mad cow disease in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Nippon Food sales office searched over beef scam

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A farm ministry investigator enters a Nippon Food Inc. sales office in Ehime Prefecture on Aug. 10 in connection with suspected cheating of a state-run beef buyback program by the firm. (Kyodo)

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(4)Gov't set to file fraud charges against Nippon Meat

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Meat Packers Inc. President Hiroji Okoso answers reporters after meeting farm minister Tsutomu Takebe following reports that a unit of the firm disguised imported beef as domestic in a state-run beef-buyback scheme introduced after mad cow disease emerged in Japan. (Kyodo)

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(3)Gov't set to file fraud charges against Nippon Meat

TOKYO, Japan - Farm minister Tsutomu Takebe speaks at a news conference Aug. 7 after meeting Nippon Meat Packers Inc. executives over reports that a unit of the firm disguised imported beef as domestic in a state-run beef-buyback scheme introduced after mad cow disease emerged in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Police search Nippon Shokuhin in false labeling probe

FUKUOKA, Japan - Police enter the head office of failed meat processor Nippon Shokuhin Co. in Fukuoka's Higashi Ward on July 18. They were searching for evidence on allegations the firm received some 136 million yen in subsidy payments under a state beef buyback program by labeling imported meat as domestic.