Since the shut down of Alkem Industry, the issue of waste management has become a concern to Lagos State Waste Management Agency (LAWMA), the largest collector of waste in Lagos State for over 4 years.
This has prompted the Lagos State government, through the the Ministry of Environment, to raise awareness on how to dispose waste materials, especially to those Lagos residents who carelessly throw disposable plastics and snacks pack out of commercial and private vehicles windows.
* Commissioner for Environment in Lagos, Mr. Tunji Bello
The ministry also warned that whoever is found throwing any form of waste material improperly shall be duly dealt with according to the law.
Speaking at the Environment Watch Summit held on the 6th of June, 2014 at the PSSD centre, Magodo, Mr Michael Ogunjuyigbe said the mentality of Lagosians to throw disposable plastics and snacks pack out of the vehicle window is becoming more appalling than ever before.
He urged the government to introduce a more stern punishment for the offense.
“It has been discovered that the way and manner Lagosians go about disposing waste materials within the metropolis has shown that the level of awareness of the citizens is not enough," Ogunjuyigbe stated.
He added that: “We have seen from survey that the people deemed it responsible to throw plastic bottles out of the vehicle windows than laying it low in the vehicle while the drivers clean up the bus after the day’s job.
“The impact of their ignorant has today become evident in the high level of waste congestion as seen in our environment today.
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