Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has
planned to increase its solid waste evacuation from tenements and commercial
facilities to approved dumpsites from 500 trips daily to 850, to enable it cope
with over 12,000 metric tonnes of waste generated daily in the state.
The acting Managing Director/Chief Executive
Officer of LAWMA, Ibrahim Odumboni, stated this as one of several waste
management strategies that would be adopted in the state, during his maiden
press briefing on Thursday.
Odumboni said LAWMA would focus on a “consistently
cleaner Lagos” through decisions that would ensure sustainability, like sorting
and recycling of waste close to the point of generation.
He explained that every household would be
encouraged to adopt the use of waste bins and that each of the 57 Local Council
Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state would have two recycling points.
Once waste was recycled at these points, he said it
would reduce pressure on various dump/landfill sites, and consequently lesser
impact on the environment, as well as to create employment and wealth for the
youths.
He welcomed more people interested in undertaking
recycling, as there were only 20 recyclers in the 57 LCDAs, and urged their
chairmen to provide spaces for recycling.
The authority, he said, was embarking on the use of
minimum standards by its stakeholders, particularly the Private Sector
Participants (PSP) in waste management that are being trained, and advised to
use smaller vehicles to access inner streets.
He advised tenements to register with designated PSPs
and to pay on time, as well as give feedback to the operators to enable them
perform better.
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