Gov Sanwo-Olu rolls out 40,000 waste bins, caution Lagos residents against littering
By Bisola Adeyemo
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appealed to all residents, markets, schools, hospitals, among others, to play a crucial role towards achieving a constantly clean city scape and sustainable environment.
Sanwo-Olu made the appeal on Wednesday when he unveiled the ‘Adopt-a-Bin program’ with an initial rollout of 40,000 standard smart bins deployed to households and commercial entities.
Speaking at the launch of the ‘Adopt-a-Bin’ programme at Simpson Transfer Loading Station on Lagos Island, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, who represented the governor said the gospel of waste sorting at source, is now gaining ground as individual pickers of recyclable items were increasing by the day and recycling firms springing up.
According to him, the ‘Adopt-A-Bin Programme’ is carefully designed to promote effective waste management in the state, with emphasis on waste sorting right at the point of generation, sun news reports.
“Today, we are at the threshold of another phase, in our Lagos Recycle Initiative, as we launch standard waste bins, for the “Adopt -a- Bin” project, which is LAWMA’s latest baby.
“The bins which come in two colours; the green for general waste and the blue for recyclable items are for containerizing waste.
“Your roles primarily include prompt payment of waste bills to the PSP operators, for them to stay in business.” He said.
The governor also appealed to corporate bodies to adopt low-income communities so the initiative can spread across the metropolis.
“You have made similar purposeful engagements in the past, and we trust that you can replicate it again in this instance,” he noted.
“These are not ordinary bin, but smart ones built to last and in accordance with internationally recognised quality standards. They are fitted with intelligent devices that enable tracking and identification. These unique devices also make it possible to register every single bin to individual addresses, for easy communication on issues relating to them,” he added.
