The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has called on residents to properly dispose of their domestic wastes by bagging them and patronising assigned PSP operators.
The Managing Director of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, in a statement issued on Sunday by assistant director, public affairs of the agency, Mrs Folashade Kadiri, said measures had been put in place to reposition the services of PSP operators in the state and ensure that household waste evacuation was carried out at least once in a week.
Dr. Gbadegesin said PSP operators, as partners in progress in achieving a sustainable environment in Lagos, were being empowered by the state government to enable them perform optimally, adding that residents should endeavour to pay for services rendered.
The managing director noted that waste collection and disposal services were never free anywhere in the world, adding that rates currently payable by residents for such services were reasonable, suggesting that no one should indulge in illegal refuse disposal just to avoid payment.
He further noted that it had continued positioning containers at strategic locations and distributing waste disposal bags across the state under its Blue Box initiative, urging residents to properly sort their wastes at sources for recycling, and to patronise PSP operators assigned to their areas and pay for waste collection.
The LAWMA boss reiterated the agency’s resolve to stamp out all forms of improper waste disposal in the metropolis, which has resulted in environmental degradation, urging residents to support efforts of the authority to establish a cleaner environment.
Accordingly, he advised residents to desist from dumping wastes indiscriminately on road medians, verges and gutters which in recent times had worsened the problem of flooding in the metropolis and exposed the populace to various degrees of health dangers.
