The Lagos State Government has teamed up with a company from Britain to start a new project at the old Abule Egba landfill. They want to turn plastic trash into energy.
This project will help the state cut down on plastic waste and change it into something useful.
Lagos is working with GreenDeal Chemicals and Recycling and Greenback Recycling Technologies Ltd. They will use a new way of recycling that fits the state’s plan to reuse things.
This news came from the Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab. He said, “We are trying to cut down on plastic waste and change it into energy. We signed a paper to work with a British company that’s good at this.”
“The paper allows us to use the Abule Egba landfill to collect plastic waste and try a new kind of recycling. This is just the start, with GreenDeal Chemicals and Recycling and Greenback Recycling Technologies Ltd.”
The plan is to gather all the plastic waste at the Abule Egba landfill and turn it into energy.”
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) will bring the plastic trash to the site. There, four special machines will recycle 32,000 kilograms of plastic every day, which adds up to over 11 million kilograms in a year.
This project will stop big amounts of carbon dioxide, around 76,000 kilograms, from being released and will create jobs for about 1,100 of the people who collect waste.
If this project goes well, they will add more recycling units and make an even bigger impact on the environment.
More Details
Dr. Akintayo Adisa, the CEO of GreenDeal Chemicals and Recycling, shared more information. He is happy to work with the Lagos State Government to help reduce waste, do more recycling, and support ways to protect the environment.
Dignitaries at the meeting where they signed the agreement included Dr. Omobolaji Gaji and Engr. Mahamood Adegbite from the environmental offices, as well as Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin from LAWMA.
Joining them was Ms. Morayo Adekunle from the British High Commission.
What’s Happening Now
In recent months, Lagos has started working with international companies to better manage waste, and some beginning steps are already done. They are still working on putting these plans into full action.
- Lagos has signed agreements with two Dutch companies, Closing the Loop and Harvest Waste Consortium, and Jospong Group from Accra, to solve waste problems.
- Closing the Loop will handle electronic waste by creating a local facility to minimize exports and support recycling.
- Harvest Waste Consortium, with a €120 million backing from the Dutch government, will begin a waste-to-energy project at the Epe landfill, turning up to 3,000 tons of waste daily into electricity.
- Jospong Group plans to turn waste collected by operators into compost and plastic products, with plans to start in six to seven months.
The Lagos State Government also announced plans to work with groups from Sweden to change solid and liquid waste into energy.
They are shutting down old landfills to make room for new projects.