Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has secured jail terms of two months imprisonment, for three persons, for various environmental offences, with a pending judgement for another person who patronised a cart pusher. This is coming on the heels of the…
LAWMA Academy Organises Summer School for Children
LAWMA Academy, the educational arm of Lagos Waste Management Authority, will organise a four-week summer school for children aged 8 – 13, from 1st August to 26th August, at its headquarters, Ijora-Olopa. Hosted for the second year running, the programme…
Environmental sustainability experts seek more effective policy on e-waste
Some environmental sustainability experts on Friday, July 1, 2022, urged governments to put in place efficient systems to enforce regulations that would eliminate e-waste in the country. The experts made the call at Students Sustainability and E-waste Awareness Programme (SEAP) held at the…
LAWMA expresses commitment to cleaner environment
By Fabian Ekeruche Lagos Waste Management Authority(LAWMA) has assured Lagos residents of firm commitment to a cleaner environment . The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of LAWMA, Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, gave the assurance in a statement on Friday in…
Oando Foundation partners NCF, others, to clean Lagos Community
Lagos, June 24, 2022(NAN) By Fabian Ekeruche Oando Foundation on Friday partnered the Nigeria Conservation Foundation (NCF) to clean -up Ilasamaja, a suburb of Lagos. The News of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the exercise is part of the ‘Clean Our…
‘Our Goal is to Sustain a Cleaner Lagos’, Ibrahim Odumboni, Lawma MD
The Managing Director of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr Ibrahim Odumboni has reiterated Lawma’s focus on proactively achieving and sustaining the goal for a cleaner Lagos. He stated this during an exclusive chat with Environment Africa Magazine…
‘We must have water’, says Badmus.
Despite being surrounded by water, Lagos State still has a major challenge providing safe potable water. So much so that the populace have turned the drilling of boreholes into a norm for water access. But that norm is gradually becoming…
Technology-powered Circular Economy to Propel Waste Management in the Gulf Cooperation Council
Total waste generation in the GCC is estimated to reach 163.9 million metric tons by 2025, finds Frost & Sullivan May 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Circular Economy Redefining the GCC Waste Management Market, 2021, finds that the…
Criminal Gangs Are Cashing In On Humanity’s Plastic Crap
Gangsters aren’t in it for the environment. They’re in it for the money. Imagine for a moment the world of organized crime in Southeast Asia, and you may picture meth labs, human-trafficking rings, or the billion-dollar trade in endangered…
Kenya emerges as leader on plastic pollution: Invests in Policy and Enforcement
Kenya has invested heavily in both policies and law enforcement to win the fight against plastic pollution. The result of this investment is today boosting Kenya’s environmental stewardship in Africa and the world. Juliette Biao, UNEP Regional Director for Africa…
