The Minister of State for Environment Dr Kunle Salako has commended Lagos State Government on the decision to ban Styrofoam and other single use plastics in the state, stressing that the menace needs to be comprehensively addressed, if Nigeria is to deliver on her environmental agenda of sustainability.
Penpushing reports that Salako made this known in a statement emphasizing that the decision should serve as a strong signal to businesses and the general public, adding that in view of this the Lagos State Government is commended for the bold decision.
‘The Federal Ministry of Environment is at the forefront of regulating plastics waste and the circular management of our waste. Only recently, the ministry inaugurated an interagency committee to continue the process of robust consultation across government, across businesses and with all stakeholders to birth a sustainable solution that is sensitive to the Nigeria context’, he added.
‘The Circular Nigeria Committee recently inaugurated is to come up with innovative, inclusive, locally acceptable, business friendly and scalable ways to implement the Nigeria Circular Economy Roadmap. Equally, the ministry is examining policies and initiatives that will drive the production of alternatives to plastics’, Salako wrote.
‘The current poorly regulated and indiscriminate use of plastics has to be addressed, and Nigerians must prepare for the inevitable change in this area, including banning of some products. In the interim, Nigerians are advised to take personal deliberate environmental actions to reduce and reuse plastics and also explore the growing market of recycling for their plastic waste’, he added.
Penpushing further reports that the Minister assured that in the coming days, robust awareness campaign and sensitization will be rolled out to prepare Nigerians for the inevitable ban of some plastics and the wholistic circular management of our waste.
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