As Lagosians prepare to celebrate the Eid-il-Fitr festival, the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has appealed to residents to shun indiscriminate waste disposal, reiterating its commitment to ensuring a clean and healthy environment during and after the festive season. The…
Easter: LAWMA Felicitates with Christians
…expresses readiness for the festivities The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has expressed readiness to cater to the waste management needs of residents before, during, and after the Easter festivities. The managing director/CEO, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, who gave the indication…
Deployment of Clean Energy for Efficient Tapping of the Economic Potentials in the Village Ecosystem in Africa & effective Postharvest Wastage Management Strategy
By Dr Omotayo Dairo Solar/Biomass Hybrid Energy Solutions – The Quintas Approach Years of research and product development led Quintas Renewable Energy Solutions Ltd to provide renewable energy services in form of solar/biomass hybrid energy solutions and integrated circular…
Experts raise awareness on dangers of pollutants in plastics
By Fabian Ekeruche Environmental experts have raised concerns on the dangers of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in plastics in the country. They said this at a programme on National Inception and Scoping Workshop on the Circular and POPs free…
LAWMA Commences Placement of Abatement Notices on Houses without Waste Bins
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has set 1st April 2023, as commencement date for placement of abatement notices on homes without waste bins across the state, in a move aimed at ensuring proper waste management and environmental hygiene…
LAWMA NOMINATED FOR THE GREENVETAFRICA PROJECT
Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has been nominated as one of the four African partners in the GreenVETAfrica project, according to a release from the authority. GreenVETAfrica project is an Erasmus+ project funded, by the European Commission, seeking to integrate…
Net Zero: Group lists measures to achieve 2060 targets
Fabian Ekeruche The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP), GCA Capital Partners and Climate Advisers Network (Berlin) have listed 11 key measures for Nigeria to achieve net-zero emissions by 2060. Professor Chukwumerije Okereke, an internationally recognised scholar stated this…
LAWMA Partners Firms for CSR to Communities
Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has partnered AOA Windstream and Applistructure Consulting Ltd to launch a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program, tagged “LAWMA GrassRoots Benefit,” which saw the distribution of packages of essential commodities, to the people of Otto, Ijora-Olopa…
Sanwo-Olu to Help PSPs Recapitalise, Empower Recyclers
…as AWAMN canvasses for Lagos State Governor’s re-election Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved a 2023 budgetary plan to help Private Sector Participation (PSP) operators in the state recapitalise by injecting new waste evacuation trucks into their fleet. This was disclosed…
LAWMA Celebrates Female Staff on International Women’s Day
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), in collaboration with Godrej Ltd and May & Baker Pharmaceuticals today, marked the International Women’s Day by celebrating LAWMA’s female staff, as the real faces of waste management in the state. The event, which…
