…and accountable waste management system, stressing that the informal, unregulated waste collection system being run by cart pushers undermines these efforts. The statement read in part, “We must also discourage the patronage of unregulated cart pushers, whose activities often result in indiscriminate dumping on medians…

…and gardeners, while plastics would be used to produce waste bins for residents. On waste collection, Gbadegesin said LAWMA had increased its capacity with 10 additional trucks, six of which were being used for direct house-to-house collection in areas of Mushin without PSP operators. He said the agency was also expect…

Residents of the Ajao Estate area of Lagos have rejected an increase in monthly waste collection charges, accusing their waste management service provider of imposing the hike despite months of poor and irregular refuse collection. The residents said they were shocked to find notices announcing the new charges pasted o…

…efforts by patronising assigned Public Sector Participant, PSP operators, paying for waste collection services promptly and refraining from indiscriminate dumping of refuse. The post Refuse heaps ’ll disappear soon — LAWMA boss appeared first on Vanguard News.

…it strengthened environmental sanitation by acquiring a heavy-duty refuse truck and 10 waste collection tricycles, alongside routine desilting of drainage channels to reduce flooding in parts of the council area. Other initiatives highlighted include monthly security meetings with relevant stakeholders, periodic town h…

…in waste management to improve service delivery, stressing that residents who pay for waste collection deserve efficient service. “If people pay for a service, it behoves those providing the service to render it. Rather than dump waste indiscriminately, residents should call LAWMA if their PSP operator is not coming so…

…take ownership of sanitation efforts. He said despite continued government investment in waste collection, drainage maintenance, recycling initiatives and environmental sanitation, indiscriminate refuse disposal continued to undermine those efforts. “Lagos generates huge volumes of waste every day, and government has c…

…disclosed that the state would soon deploy 150 additional waste compactors and introduce waste collection tricycles in inner communities to strengthen refuse evacuation. He added that the government was investing in modern waste processing infrastructure, including a material recovery and recycling facility capable of…

…he stated that the government would continue to prosecute offenders while strengthening waste collection across the state. "We can only take them to court when they are caught and, in fairness, in the past few months, we have prosecuted, and we will keep prosecuting most of these persons who commit this infraction. "Bu…

…the rainy season. He recalled that the Ikole Local Government Area, previously, provided waste collection containers in the market, while a designated contractor regularly evacuated refuse to approved disposal sites. He noted that the arrangement appears to have been discontinued, resulting in the accumulation of waste…

…Mr Ehi Osasuyi, said residents should not abandon the sanitation exercise because of the waste collection challenges. According to him, maintaining a clean environment is a personal responsibility that helps prevent disease. "I watched the Commissioner for Environment reaffirm the government's commitment to resolving t…