A call for circulars economy before it’s too late.
Sustainability and circular economy plays vital role to zero waste to landfill in Nigeria. This new innovation has changed people’s habits in minimizing what they see and send to landfills as trash in most of the States.
Minstry of Environment, Lagos State, has set a pace in this regard. Together with other Industry leaders in environmental sustainability, the ministry has reduced, reused, and recycled the things we simply throw and liter the streets of Uyo, even when most people deny the positive alternatives in waste. This is the time we need the help and cooperation of everyone in raising more awareness and providing trainings for residents to ensure we are all on the same page.
There are many benefits and health gains of waste recycling, although many do not believe in waste to wealth. Note, this recycling benefits doesn’t go to only recyclers alone, but it also help in eliminating climate change.
In lagos State anyone with PT and PP bottles, or household waste goes home smiling after visiting any of the recycling companies in Lagos State. This has over time led to a cleaner lagos, which is also a plause to the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, who has seen the need to partner with some of the recycling Companies to instill Sanitation in every individual.
Leaving by example is the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Environment and Water Resources Lagos State, Mrs Belinda Odeneye who has made waste recycling her best practice for decades in order to safe our Environment, Ocean pollution, and animals going extinct in the Country and beyond.
The CEO, West Africa Engr Mr Paul O’Callahan, who agrees that if all hands should be on desk, zero waste to landfill can be achievable. Mr Paul also noted that zero waste to landfill status achievement will be complete if we all divert 100% of households waste to a recycling company to recycle the waste and turn them into a reusable materials instead of us throwing waste out to create health risk and other envirnonmental issues around us.
He also highlights how the business has over the years reduced importation of goods into Nigeria. He however expressed joy over the products used from West Africa Engr describing them as proudly made in Nigeria goods.
Business centers, and companies that generate tons of waste everyday, should consider much of these waste as by-products that can still have value by reducing, reusing, or recycling those byproducts. By so doing your company will be able to save money or even create a new revenue stream.
This innovation has assisted some companies in Lagos State to attain their sustainable goals by building customized programs to reduce waste generation, improved recycling rates, to achieve Zero Waste to Landfill.
Also having a diverse industrial and commercial expertise, here in Akwa Ibom State should not be a big deal as these will improve the ability to adapt to changing environmental standards and definitions in waste management and recycling if only we embrace broad goals, so when one goal is achieved, we can begin the process of reaching the next. If another state have a world class recycler teams that have shown significant success in finding ways to turn waste into new products, why can’t Akwa Ibom State take pride in being a preferred partner in the process, and bring in many recycling Companies for us to achieve zero landfill status. It is high time we move away from Oil and Gas and embrace Recycling. We are ready to take that next step to bettering Akwa Ibom State and the environment for a sustainable Future.
