Govt organises programme, trains e-waste collectors on health risk
The Lagos State Government, in alliance with the Federal Government, has organised a training programme to unveil the use of circular economy in reducing environmental health risks to electronic waste collectors in the state.
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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, was iterated to have said this during the training programme organised by LASEPA, Lagos Waste Management Authority, and the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, in Oshodi.
She said, “Circular economy reduces pressure on the environment, improves the security of the supply of raw material, increases competitiveness, innovations, economic growth and job creations.
“To drastically reduce the dangers imposed on the society by disposed and dismantled electronics, we continuously engage our people through education, advocacy, sensitisation and call for attitudinal change against all forms of pollutions.”
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 centres to collect 300 tonnes of e-waste through formalised 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 said.
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