By FEMI AKINOLA
Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, has disclosed that the Dutch Government has boosted Lagos waste-to-electricity project with £120 million support.
The commissioner disclosed this through his X.com handle on Wednesday stating that Lagos has received the financial support to enhance actualisation of the proposed waste-to- electricity project, in collaboration with a Dutch firm – Harvest Waste Consortium.
Wahab explained that the waste-to-electricity project would convert part of Lagos’ waste into electricity at the decommissioned Epe landfill site.
According to him, the landfill site will be processing 2,500 to 3,000 tons of waste daily out of the 13,000 to 14,000 tons of waste being generated in the state on dily basis.
His statement reads: ” The waste-to-electricity project with the Dutch company, Harvest Waste, is backed by the Dutch Government to the tune of about £120 million and we have desginated the decommissioned Epe landfill for this purpose.
”The Lagos State Government is actively decommissioning several landfills to make space for new waste management projects with
foreign private companies, including the Jospong Group and Closing the loop.”
In addition, the commissioner noted thatmajor landfill sites in metropolitan Lagos such as the Olusosun dumpsite at Ojota, Soulous 1, 2 and 3, near Igando in Alimosho local government area of the state are in the advance stages of decommissioning with new landfills being provided to support the projects.
”Once these partnerships are fully operational, the government expects only 3% to 4% of the waste generated in Laagos to end in the landfills, in line with the state’s goal of turning waste into valuable resources and promoting environmental sustainability,” he said.
