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"Lagos State, which includes Nigeria’s most populous city of 15.4 million, has
announced a ban on single-use plastics and styrofoam in order to reduce the
plastic pollution that chokes the region.
The ban would be immediate, according to a statement from the state government,
but enforcement and implementation would not be so straightforward,
environmental experts said, as
AFP reported.
“Following the menace which single-use plastics especially non-biodegradable
Styrofoam are causing on the environment, the Lagos State government through
the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources is hereby announcing a ban
on the usage and distribution of Styrofoam and other single-use plastics in the
State with immediate effect,” Tokunbo Wahab, the state’s environment and water
resources commissioner, said on social media.
Styrofoam is widely used in food service and delivery by markets and street
vendors in Lagos, but it and other packaging build up in the area’s drains and
roads, reported
AFP.
The new measure received praise from some, while others wondered what
alternatives there would be for merchants and manufacturers.
“Our state cannot be held hostage to the economic interests of a few wealthy
business owners compared to the millions of Lagosians suffering the
consequences of indiscriminate dumping of single use plastics and other types
of waste,” Wahab said, as
Business Day reported.
Climate and Ecological Protection Initiative co-founder Folawemi Umunna said
correct implementation of the ban was key.
“This is wonderful news for the environment on different levels and if this is
effectively executed, capable of reducing a substantial amount of CO2 emissions
in tonnes in the Lagos State perimeter,” Umunna said, as reported by
AFP."
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Future Crunch:
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