The Lagos State Government, in alliance with the Federal Government, has organized a training programme to unveil the use of circular economy in reducing environmental health risks to electronic waste collectors in the state.
This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday by the General Manager of Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, Dr Dolapo Fasawe.
Fasawe, who was represented by the Director of Electronic Waste Management, LASEPA, Mrs Adedayo Adebayo said, “To drastically reduce the dangers imposed on the society by disposed and dismantled electronics, we continuously engage our people through education, advocacy, sensitization and call for attitudinal change against all forms of pollution.”
The Director-General, NESREA, Prof. Aliyu Jauro, represented by the Director, Inspection and Enforcement, NESREA, Mrs Miranda Amachree, stated that circular economy will guarantee proper legislation to govern e-waste collectors.
“This laudable approach has four components: implementation of responsibility legislation in the e-waste sector; establishment of 30 collection centers to collect 300 tonnes of e-waste through formalized collection channels; the development of a cost-effective recycling system for various e-waste categories, and development of regional and global knowledge exchange on circular economy models for e-waste,” she stated
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