Lagos-based environmentalist Idu Okwuosa has called on Federal Government and corporate organizations to support plastic recycling initiatives, as part of national efforts to curb environmental disasters.
‘The perennial ecological problems of flooding and erosion, arising from indiscriminate dumping of garbage in waterways and oceans, can be mitigated, through recycling and other modern waste management schemes,’ she said.

Okwuosa, founder of LasGidis Recyclers, who stated this, recently in Lagos, said ‘plastics are non-biodegradable materials that pose serious dangers to both man and the ecosystem.’
She spoke at workshops organised in Lekki and Ojo areas to sensitize the public on the benefits of recovering syntethic polymer products.

‘Nigeria is the seventh largest producer of plastic wastes,’ which according to latest global reports, ‘threaten the nation’s oceans and aquatic habitat.’

She stressed the need for governments at all levels and corporate bodies to synergize in tackling the menace, by intensifying the recycling campaign, through the media, schools, hospitals and public institutions for effective interventions.

‘Our organisation, the waste management arm of SFQ Ventures Limited, has hosted over 100 events involving about 1000 volunteers and youths, in pursuant of zero-tolerance to plastic pollution.’

‘Recycling is the panacea for indiscriminate disposal of wastes. Hence the vision of the organization, which is a social enterprise, is to ensure a cleaner Lagos, where people sort their garbage at home, before they are evacuated by Lagos Waste Management Agency (LAWMA).’

She reiterated the position of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on the need for synergy between the public and governments in tackling the scourge which ‘poses serious dangers to human health and the world.


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Untop those two bags na im you dey take pics, do you know the number of plastics in this corn tree.

Plastic pollution is a global problem even dem USA can't solve the ones in their country

Ceoking6:
Untop those two bags na im you dey take pics, do you know the number of plastics in this corn tree.

Plastic pollution is a global problem even dem USA can't solve the ones in their country

You can as well go out there and do your bit in mitigating environmental hazards if it so interests you, rather than sitting all day hiding behind the keyboard, spewing trash on any & every thread.