Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged the residents of the state to reduce waste by recycling them as this can enhance their wealth.
Sanwo-Olu gave the advice during the launch of the Lagos Blue Box Initiative held in Lagos on Thursday.
According to Sanwo, recycling is our own major fortune earner for government and youths.
His words, “In Lagos, 50 per cent of waste generated contained reusable resources, which can be channel into the economy of the state.
“The recycling of waste encourages the use of another person’s scrap as a fixed stock for another person’s process. “It minimises waste in our society and generates income for the citizens.
“The Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) is saddled with this responsibility of driving a circular economy through active community engagement.
”This will encourage the effective use of recyclable materials to create value chain and create new markets for government and the people.
“Currently, the bulk of the recyclables are being harvested from the dump sites by scavengers in the informal sector.
“The resources harvested often time could not pass the quality test that are needed, making it difficult for the recyclers to get value for the materials,”
Commissioner for the Environment, Mr Tunji Bello, ls had this to say, ”We are unable to get adequate landfill activities to accommodate the huge waste being generated on a daily basis, estimated to have grown from 10,000 metric tones to 14,000 metric tones within a period of five years.
“This has necessitated our urge to rethink our strategy in waste management and one of which is waste sorting. Our ultimate aim is to attain waste conversation and waste buyback.
“And in the process, turning our waste into resources”
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