Lagos State Waste Management Authority

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The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) is a government of Lagos State body responsible for managing waste generated in Lagos state through a waste collection, transportation and disposal structure. LAWMA's goal is to improve the environment with the impact of achieving positive and significant change in living conditions regarding health and sanitation.[1]

History[]

The Lagos State Refuse Disposal Board (LSRDB) was instituted under Edict No. 9 of 1977, which was the first of its kind in West Africa. The Board was given the responsibilities of environmental sanitation and domestic refuse collection and disposal in Lagos State.

The Board was renamed the Lagos State Waste Management Authority via the enactment of a new Law – Edict No. 55 of 1991, which conferred on the Authority additional responsibilities for the collection and disposal of municipal and industrial wastes as well as provision of commercial waste services to the State and Local Governments of Lagos State. www.lawma.gov.ng

The Board metamorphosed over the years into the agency known today as the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) by virtue of the LAWMA Law 2007, and accrued added responsibilities ranging from management of commercial, industrial, and medical waste streams, highway sanitation, cleaning of drainage and other water bodies, to construction and demolition waste management, among others.[2] LAWMA works closely with the Lagos State Ministry of Environment and has initiated reforms regarding collection of waste bills and also aims to increase Waste recycling.[3][4][2]

In 2011, GMI awarded a grant to the LAWMA for studies evaluating the feasibility of capturing landfill gas from the Abule Egba and Solous Landfills. Based on their findings, LAWMA developed a landfill gas energy project to avail the local residents a reliable source of electricity.[5]

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References[]

  1. ^ T. M. Vinod Kumar (25 August 2016). Smart Economy in Smart Cities: International Collaborative Research: Ottawa, St.Louis, Stuttgart, Bologna, Cape Town, Nairobi, Dakar, Lagos, New Delhi, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Kozhikode, Hong Kong (Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements). Springer, 2016. p. 813. ISBN 978-9-811-0161-03.
  2. ^ a b "Reinventing Waste Management in Lagos". Thisday. February 27, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  3. ^ Mark Pelling; Sophie Blackburn (2014). Megacities and the Coast: Risk, Resilience and Transformation. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-0747-46.
  4. ^ United Nations Human Settlements Programme (2010). The State of African Cities 2010: Governance, Inequality and Urban Land Markets (Local Economic Development Series). UN-HABITAT. ISBN 978-9211322910.
  5. ^ "The U.S. Government's Global Methane Initiative Accomplishments" (PDF). United States Environmental Protection Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-08.

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