WITH a population of over 20 million people, producing thousand tons of waste each day, waste disposal in Lagos has remained a big issue to deal with, especially when it piles up on the streets and residential areas.
This recent concern by Lagosians, Mojeeb Ayodele, a Lagos-based environmentalist said, was borne out of the impact of such upsurge of heaps of used plastic bottles on flooding in the metropolis.
Also, an Environmental Health Officer, Bunmi Odukoya, highlighted that used plastic bottles have also been implicated in the breeding of mosquitoes that spread malaria and other related diseases.
The Managing Director, Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Mr. Ola Oresanya ha also in the recent past warned against setting plastics, including tyres on fire, saying the gas released into the atmosphere was injurious to human health.
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