Lagos Waste Reporter

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), has commemorated the 2021 World Clean-up Day, along with a network of corporate bodies NGOs and governmental organizations, during which 75000 plastic bottles, weighing 1,250 kilogrammes, was harvested, along a 5-kilometre distance of Ilashe/Ibeshe beach, in the outskirts of Lagos. Organizations at the event include: Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance, FIBRA, an umbrella body for about twenty food and beverage manufacturing companies. Others are Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA); Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA), Nigerian Ports Authority and Lagos Ferry Service among others. Speaking at the event, the Managing Director/CEO of LAWMA, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni noted that LAWMA was using the opportunity of the World Clean-up Day, to open up the entire Ilashe Island shoreline to proper clean up, urging residents and beach users, to come together and make a difference, by leaving an enduring ...

𝐋𝐀𝐖𝐌𝐀 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐩 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞 Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) will commence a special clean up exercise within its four operational districts, over the next one month, in a bid to crank up on the existential waste challenges in the state and to sensitize the people on proper waste disposal, so as to ensure a cleaner Lagos. According to a release by the organisation, the exercise would commence on Thursday, 2nd September, 2021, at each district, starting with the West District, followed by East, Central and Lekki Free Trade Zone (LFTZ) respectively, where, according to the statement, two black spots will be identified, diligently and decisively cleaned up. It further stated that Ilashe and Ibeshe beach cleanup exercise would take place on 18th September, 2021, to commemorate the World Clean Up day.  The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Ibrahim Adejuwon Odumboni, disclosed this while addressing the media a...

Ladipo Market was shut for sundry infractions - LAWMA Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has said that Ladipo Market, Mushin, was shut for sundry and persistent environmental infractions, which they failed to redress despite several warnings from the Authority. The Authority, in a press release on Friday, highlighted the deplorable state of the environment within and around the market, due to flagrant acts of improper waste disposal, capable of causing disease outbreak in the area. LAWMA said the market would remain shut until the traders turned a new leaf, by adhering to the environmental laws of the state, put in place to protect the environment and residents. It appealed to other markets and business centers in Lagos to shun indiscriminate dumping of refuse and other related environmental offences, noting that the Authority would leave no stone unturned in making sure defaulters are adequately penalised, to serve as deterrent to others. The ...

LAWMA, LASUBEB MOVE TO INCORPORATE WASTE MANAGEMENT IN SCHOOL CURRICULUM The Lagos Waste Management Authority, (LAWMA) is collaborating with the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, (LASUBEB), to incorporate waste management in the curriculum of primary schools in the state, as a way of re-orientating the younger generations for sustainable environment. At the inaugural training of teachers, themed: Waste Education in the 21st Century, held at LASUBEB, Maryland, the Managing Director/CEO of (LAWMA), Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, noted that incorporating waste management into the academic curriculum of primary schools, was the most creative was of reshaping the environmental consciousness of the younger generation. He said the initiative became necessary, to mitigate reckless dumping of waste around Lagos, stressing that, it was not enough to keep sweeping the streets of Lagos to keep it clean, but to arrest indiscriminate dumping around the city. Odumboni who co...

LAWMA ENGAGES 35 NEW PSP OPERATORS The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), has engaged 35 new  PSP operators to boost waste evacuation in the State. At a brief inauguration event at the Olusosun landfill, Ojota, the managing director/CEO of LAWMA, Ibrahim Odumboni, described the development as a morale booster, representing a giant leap in the waste collection effort of the agency. He noted that the 35 new entrants have automatically increased the number of trucks available for waste collection, leading to a good increase in the number of daily truck trips to the various landfills in the state. According to him, “We are adding 35 new PSP operators who will join the existing ones in our waste evacuation effort. With that addition we can make something around 800 trips to the landfills daily. This is a very good development. “We welcome you on board and urge you to take the work seriously and consult the experienced PSP operators, for good advice and dir...

PRESS RELEASE Sanwo-Olu Launches LAWMA Academy Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has launched LAWMA Academy, the educational arm of Lagos Waste Management Authority, with the aim of promoting knowledge and awareness creation on effective waste management, especially among the younger generation of Lagosians. The governor, represented by his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat noted that effective waste management played a pivotal role in ensuring cleaner and livable environment, hence the need for policies and programs to promote sustainable environment, and boost LAWMA’s capacity to perform its statutory duties. He said: “As we all know, waste management plays an important role in ensuring a sustainable and healthy environment, which is why many nations and states expend huge resources on developing strategies to ensure clean environment through efficient, effective and sustainable waste management system. Lagos is certainly not different and that is one of t...

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has called on residents to properly dispose of their domestic wastes during and after the forth-coming Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. The Authority, in a statement, disclosed that adequate measures had been put in place to ensure that the celebration was observed in a filth-free environment, as waste evacuators have been mandated to work round the clock to clean up the city.   The statement noted LAWMA’s resolve to stamp out all forms of improper waste disposal in the metropolis, which has resulted in environmental degradation, calling on residents to patronize only their assigned PSP operators and shun cart pushers.   The statement further urged residents to observe the festivities with moderation and piety in line with the spiritual injunctions of the season.   Accordingly, the Acting Managing Director of LAWMA, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni advised residents to desist from dumping wastes indiscriminately on road medians and v...