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The Lagos Waste Management Authority has
said plans have been concluded by to host this year’s edition of the
Waste to Food programme on Saturday, August 17, 2013.
This was disclosed by the Managing
Director, LAWMA, Mr. Ola Oresanya, who said that following the success
of last year’s edition, the programme had been instituted as an annual
event targeted at children of school age during the summer holidays.
Speaking on the objectives of the
programme, the LAWMA boss said the programme was to inculcate in the
young ones the habit of recycling waste and cleaning the environment.
According to him, it is also to keep
school children gainfully engaged during the summer holidays and to
ensure that the organisation’s zero tolerance to waste mismanagement in
the state is executed to the letter.
The 2013 event is designed in such a way
to ensure that the pupils are rewarded with gift vouchers for
recyclables collected by them which are redeemable at designated points.
The organisation, in collaboration with
its partners, had said last year during the inauguration of the
programme that it was encouraging pupils to join its waste removal,
recycling and reuse advocacy by offering them food to help clean the
environment.
For any pupil who is able to bring a
kilogramme of recyclable waste to LAWMA, the agency will give a voucher
that will entitle the pupil to enjoy a meal at the outlets of a popular
fast food outfit in the state.
The project is to ensure the total cleanliness of the state and inculcate healthy habits in the young ones.
It is expected that the recyclable
materials, especially plastics, will be converted to polyester chips and
fibres by a textile manufacturing company, which is collaborating with
the agency to convert waste to wealth.
LAWMA also said it put adequate measures
in place to effectively tackle the rise in waste generation due to
numerous activities associated with the Eid-el-Fitri celebration.
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