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Lagos State Government has concluded plans to commence the first phase of its Landfill Gas Recovery and Utilisation project, that will ensure steady electricity supply to residents of the state in the next few months.

The state government said the first phase of the project, which consists of pre-engineering design, would be completed in the next 18 months.

Managing Director of Lagos State Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, Mr.Oladimeji Oresanya, made this known at a one-day stakeholders meeting on Landfill Gas Recovery and Utilisation Project, Abule-Egba, Solous and Olusosun Landfills (Clean Development Mechanism) at Simpson Transfer Loading Station, Lagos Island.

The meeting was organised by the Ministry of Environment, LAWMA; United Environmental Programme, UNEP; African Carbon Asset Development, ACAD and Standard Bank.

Oresanya said: “We are taking waste management to the next level, to the down stream sector. We are going to build 20 transfers loading centres across the state. Each site is capable of generating 1,000 tones of waste and the gas would be used to generate energy, which would be destributed to the communities.

“LAWMA is in the process of implementing Phase 1 of the project under Consultancy Contract. Phase 1 comprises a pre- engineering design which commenced in February 2012 and would completed within 12 to18 months.”

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