The Lagos Waste Administration Authority (LAWMA) has strengthened its dedication to tackling indiscriminate waste disposal throughout the state, adopting a two-pronged method of strict enforcement and progressive waste administration options. The company has vowed to make sure full compliance with environmental legal guidelines, with ongoing authorized motion towards offenders and sustained waste assortment measures.
Talking on this right now on Lagos Talks 91.3 FM with the Guru, the Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, famous that surveillance and enforcement groups have been working around the clock, to trace and apprehend people who flout waste administration legal guidelines, stressing that offenders would face the complete weight of the regulation, to function a deterrent to people undermining the Authority’s efforts.
He stated: “Proper now, we now have about 50 circumstances in court docket the place we now have apprehended violators for unlawful waste dumping. Our enforcement staff, in collaboration with the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), has intensified its monitoring efforts, guaranteeing that offenders are prosecuted.”
Gbadegesin said that over 300 unlawful waste carts had been seized and have been set for destruction, noting that investigations had revealed that most of the offenders have been both new to Lagos or willfully disregarding the regulation, including that such wouldn’t be tolerated.
“We’re taking a agency stance towards this development. Our surveillance groups work each day and evening to catch perpetrators within the act. Legal guidelines exist to be adopted and enforced, and that’s the first activity of presidency so we will all reside in peace”, he said.
He highlighted LAWMA’s ongoing improvements in waste administration, together with the enlargement of the Waste-to-Wealth and Round Economic system initiatives, geared toward decreasing landfill dependence.
“We began to ask ourselves, are this stuff we’re throwing away truly waste, or can we derive worth from them? Now, we now have a glass recycling plant in Lagos, and individuals are starting to see the {economic} potential in supplies like PET bottles”, he stated.
The LAWMA boss revealed that the company had launched tricycle compactors in hard-to-reach areas similar to Ibeju Lekki, with plans to increase the initiative to different elements of Lagos within the coming weeks, including that the concept was to make waste assortment extra accessible, particularly in areas the place standard compactors struggled as a result of dangerous roads, disclosing that the scheme as soon as launched in different elements can be, “Pay as you go”.
Talking additional, he stated Authority’s marine waste staff has continued every day waste assortment efforts alongside the shoreline, lagoons, and drainage channels, significantly at 5 Cowries Creek, even because the company continues to develop its superior medical waste administration system to incorporate not simply hospitals but additionally hairdressers and beauticians who generate human tissue waste.
Reaffirming LAWMA’s zero-tolerance coverage on environmental infractions, he burdened that each Lagos resident had a task to play in sustaining a cleaner and more healthy surroundings, from disposing waste correctly via accredited PSP operators, cleansing of gutters in entrance of our homes, to sorting waste at supply, urging the populace to adjust to waste disposal laws and report challenges with assortment providers to LAWMA, as an alternative of resorting to unlawful dumping.
For inquiries, complaints, or additional updates, please contact LAWMA via the toll-free numbers: 080000LAWMA (08000052962), 07080601020, and 617, or go to www.lawma.gov.ng.
Kadiri, Folashade (Mrs.)
Director, Public Affairs
