The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos Waste Management Authority, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, has stated that many of the black spots persisted because some residents and businesses deliberately bypass approved waste collection channels in an attempt to evade payment for waste management services.He said that LAWMA has intensified efforts to restore environmental sanity across Lagos, carrying out a major clean-up intervention at several black spots in the Apapa axis as part of ongoing measures to improve waste evacuation and environmental sustainability across the state.In a statement on Friday, Gbadegesin said during the exercise, which spanned Marine Beach, Warehouse Road, Randle Road, Mobile Road and other identified black spots, that LAWMA remained committed to eliminating indiscriminate waste disposal across the city, warning that violators would be sanctioned in line with existing environmental laws.“Many of the people generating waste in these locations are not captured within the formal PSP system. As a result, despite repeated evacuation exercises by LAWMA and PSP operators, the waste keeps reappearing. We cannot continue to expend public resources in clearing the same locations while some individuals persist in illegal waste disposal practices,” Gbadegesin said.Gbadegesin lamented that substantial public resources were routinely deployed to clear illegal waste dumps across the city, only for some locations to be re-contaminated shortly after evacuation.He stressed that achieving a cleaner Lagos required not only government intervention but also the cooperation of residents, businesses, market operators, and institutions in adopting responsible waste disposal practices.The LAWMA boss disclosed that the agency was expanding waste collection options through the “deployment of tricycle compactors and other innovative collection systems designed to improve waste evacuation in areas inaccessible to conventional compactor trucks.”Related NewsLAWMA secures conviction of 16 environmental offendersNew compactor trucks to boost LAWMA’s efficiency – GbadegesinOgun warns traders as refuse overruns Lagos-Ibadan ExpresswayHe added that ongoing efforts to integrate willing cart pushers into a structured and regulated waste collection framework would help address some of the underlying causes of indiscriminate dumping while improving service delivery in underserved communities.Gbadegesin also encouraged residents to embrace waste sorting at source by separating recyclable materials such as plastics, paper, cardboard, glass, and aluminium from general waste.“A significant proportion of the materials currently disposed of as waste still retain economic value and can be recovered through recycling and resource recovery initiatives. By embracing waste sorting at sources, residents can support environmental sustainability while contributing to the circular economy,” he said.Gbadegesin maintained that a clean environment remained essential for public health, environmental sustainability, and economic development.He urged residents to take ownership of their surroundings, patronise approved PSP operators, comply with environmental regulations, and report waste management infractions through established LAWMA channels.Commenting on the exercise, the Chairman of Apapa Local Government, Idowu Senbanjo, commended LAWMA for the intervention and pledged the council’s continued collaboration in promoting environmental cleanliness and sustainable waste management within the local government area. He said that LAWMA has intensified efforts to restore environmental sanity across Lagos, carrying out a major clean-up intervention at several black spots in the Apapa axis as part of ongoing measures to improve waste evacuation and environmental sustainability across the state.In a statement on Friday, Gbadegesin said during the exercise, which spanned Marine Beach, Warehouse Road, Randle Road, Mobile Road and other identified black spots, that LAWMA remained committed to eliminating indiscriminate waste disposal across the city, warning that violators would be sanctioned in line with existing environmental laws.“Many of the people generating waste in these locations are not captured within the formal PSP system. As a result, despite repeated evacuation exercises by LAWMA and PSP operators, the waste keeps reappearing. We cannot continue to expend public resources in clearing the same locations while some individuals persist in illegal waste disposal practices,” Gbadegesin said.Gbadegesin lamented that substantial public resources were routinely deployed to clear illegal waste dumps across the city, only for some locations to be re-contaminated shortly after evacuation.He stressed that achieving a cleaner Lagos required not only government intervention but also the cooperation of residents, businesses, market operators, and institutions in adopting responsible waste disposal practices.The LAWMA boss disclosed that the agency was expanding waste collection options through the “deployment of tricycle compactors and other innovative collection systems designed to improve waste evacuation in areas inaccessible to conventional compactor trucks.”Related NewsLAWMA secures conviction of 16 environmental offendersNew compactor trucks to boost LAWMA’s efficiency – GbadegesinOgun warns traders as refuse overruns Lagos-Ibadan ExpresswayHe added that ongoing efforts to integrate willing cart pushers into a structured and regulated waste collection framework would help address some of the underlying causes of indiscriminate dumping while improving service delivery in underserved communities.Gbadegesin also encouraged residents to embrace waste sorting at source by separating recyclable materials such as plastics, paper, cardboard, glass, and aluminium from general waste.“A significant proportion of the materials currently disposed of as waste still retain economic value and can be recovered through recycling and resource recovery initiatives. By embracing waste sorting at sources, residents can support environmental sustainability while contributing to the circular economy,” he said.Gbadegesin maintained that a clean environment remained essential for public health, environmental sustainability, and economic development.He urged residents to take ownership of their surroundings, patronise approved PSP operators, comply with environmental regulations, and report waste management infractions through established LAWMA channels.Commenting on the exercise, the Chairman of Apapa Local Government, Idowu Senbanjo, commended LAWMA for the intervention and pledged the council’s continued collaboration in promoting environmental cleanliness and sustainable waste management within the local government area. In a statement on Friday, Gbadegesin said during the exercise, which spanned Marine Beach, Warehouse Road, Randle Road, Mobile Road and other identified black spots, that LAWMA remained committed to eliminating indiscriminate waste disposal across the city, warning that violators would be sanctioned in line with existing environmental laws.“Many of the people generating waste in these locations are not captured within the formal PSP system. As a result, despite repeated evacuation exercises by LAWMA and PSP operators, the waste keeps reappearing. We cannot continue to expend public resources in clearing the same locations while some individuals persist in illegal waste disposal practices,” Gbadegesin said.Gbadegesin lamented that substantial public resources were routinely deployed to clear illegal waste dumps across the city, only for some locations to be re-contaminated shortly after evacuation.He stressed that achieving a cleaner Lagos required not only government intervention but also the cooperation of residents, businesses, market operators, and institutions in adopting responsible waste disposal practices.The LAWMA boss disclosed that the agency was expanding waste collection options through the “deployment of tricycle compactors and other innovative collection systems designed to improve waste evacuation in areas inaccessible to conventional compactor trucks.”Related NewsLAWMA secures conviction of 16 environmental offendersNew compactor trucks to boost LAWMA’s efficiency – GbadegesinOgun warns traders as refuse overruns Lagos-Ibadan ExpresswayHe added that ongoing efforts to integrate willing cart pushers into a structured and regulated waste collection framework would help address some of the underlying causes of indiscriminate dumping while improving service delivery in underserved communities.Gbadegesin also encouraged residents to embrace waste sorting at source by separating recyclable materials such as plastics, paper, cardboard, glass, and aluminium from general waste.“A significant proportion of the materials currently disposed of as waste still retain economic value and can be recovered through recycling and resource recovery initiatives. By embracing waste sorting at sources, residents can support environmental sustainability while contributing to the circular economy,” he said.Gbadegesin maintained that a clean environment remained essential for public health, environmental sustainability, and economic development.He urged residents to take ownership of their surroundings, patronise approved PSP operators, comply with environmental regulations, and report waste management infractions through established LAWMA channels.Commenting on the exercise, the Chairman of Apapa Local Government, Idowu Senbanjo, commended LAWMA for the intervention and pledged the council’s continued collaboration in promoting environmental cleanliness and sustainable waste management within the local government area. “Many of the people generating waste in these locations are not captured within the formal PSP system. As a result, despite repeated evacuation exercises by LAWMA and PSP operators, the waste keeps reappearing. We cannot continue to expend public resources in clearing the same locations while some individuals persist in illegal waste disposal practices,” Gbadegesin said.Gbadegesin lamented that substantial public resources were routinely deployed to clear illegal waste dumps across the city, only for some locations to be re-contaminated shortly after evacuation.He stressed that achieving a cleaner Lagos required not only government intervention but also the cooperation of residents, businesses, market operators, and institutions in adopting responsible waste disposal practices.The LAWMA boss disclosed that the agency was expanding waste collection options through the “deployment of tricycle compactors and other innovative collection systems designed to improve waste evacuation in areas inaccessible to conventional compactor trucks.”Related NewsLAWMA secures conviction of 16 environmental offendersNew compactor trucks to boost LAWMA’s efficiency – GbadegesinOgun warns traders as refuse overruns Lagos-Ibadan ExpresswayHe added that ongoing efforts to integrate willing cart pushers into a structured and regulated waste collection framework would help address some of the underlying causes of indiscriminate dumping while improving service delivery in underserved communities.Gbadegesin also encouraged residents to embrace waste sorting at source by separating recyclable materials such as plastics, paper, cardboard, glass, and aluminium from general waste.“A significant proportion of the materials currently disposed of as waste still retain economic value and can be recovered through recycling and resource recovery initiatives. By embracing waste sorting at sources, residents can support environmental sustainability while contributing to the circular economy,” he said.Gbadegesin maintained that a clean environment remained essential for public health, environmental sustainability, and economic development.He urged residents to take ownership of their surroundings, patronise approved PSP operators, comply with environmental regulations, and report waste management infractions through established LAWMA channels.Commenting on the exercise, the Chairman of Apapa Local Government, Idowu Senbanjo, commended LAWMA for the intervention and pledged the council’s continued collaboration in promoting environmental cleanliness and sustainable waste management within the local government area. Gbadegesin lamented that substantial public resources were routinely deployed to clear illegal waste dumps across the city, only for some locations to be re-contaminated shortly after evacuation.He stressed that achieving a cleaner Lagos required not only government intervention but also the cooperation of residents, businesses, market operators, and institutions in adopting responsible waste disposal practices.The LAWMA boss disclosed that the agency was expanding waste collection options through the “deployment of tricycle compactors and other innovative collection systems designed to improve waste evacuation in areas inaccessible to conventional compactor trucks.”Related NewsLAWMA secures conviction of 16 environmental offendersNew compactor trucks to boost LAWMA’s efficiency – GbadegesinOgun warns traders as refuse overruns Lagos-Ibadan ExpresswayHe added that ongoing efforts to integrate willing cart pushers into a structured and regulated waste collection framework would help address some of the underlying causes of indiscriminate dumping while improving service delivery in underserved communities.Gbadegesin also encouraged residents to embrace waste sorting at source by separating recyclable materials such as plastics, paper, cardboard, glass, and aluminium from general waste.“A significant proportion of the materials currently disposed of as waste still retain economic value and can be recovered through recycling and resource recovery initiatives. By embracing waste sorting at sources, residents can support environmental sustainability while contributing to the circular economy,” he said.Gbadegesin maintained that a clean environment remained essential for public health, environmental sustainability, and economic development.He urged residents to take ownership of their surroundings, patronise approved PSP operators, comply with environmental regulations, and report waste management infractions through established LAWMA channels.Commenting on the exercise, the Chairman of Apapa Local Government, Idowu Senbanjo, commended LAWMA for the intervention and pledged the council’s continued collaboration in promoting environmental cleanliness and sustainable waste management within the local government area. He stressed that achieving a cleaner Lagos required not only government intervention but also the cooperation of residents, businesses, market operators, and institutions in adopting responsible waste disposal practices.The LAWMA boss disclosed that the agency was expanding waste collection options through the “deployment of tricycle compactors and other innovative collection systems designed to improve waste evacuation in areas inaccessible to conventional compactor trucks.”Related NewsLAWMA secures conviction of 16 environmental offendersNew compactor trucks to boost LAWMA’s efficiency – GbadegesinOgun warns traders as refuse overruns Lagos-Ibadan ExpresswayHe added that ongoing efforts to integrate willing cart pushers into a structured and regulated waste collection framework would help address some of the underlying causes of indiscriminate dumping while improving service delivery in underserved communities.Gbadegesin also encouraged residents to embrace waste sorting at source by separating recyclable materials such as plastics, paper, cardboard, glass, and aluminium from general waste.“A significant proportion of the materials currently disposed of as waste still retain economic value and can be recovered through recycling and resource recovery initiatives. By embracing waste sorting at sources, residents can support environmental sustainability while contributing to the circular economy,” he said.Gbadegesin maintained that a clean environment remained essential for public health, environmental sustainability, and economic development.He urged residents to take ownership of their surroundings, patronise approved PSP operators, comply with environmental regulations, and report waste management infractions through established LAWMA channels.Commenting on the exercise, the Chairman of Apapa Local Government, Idowu Senbanjo, commended LAWMA for the intervention and pledged the council’s continued collaboration in promoting environmental cleanliness and sustainable waste management within the local government area. The LAWMA boss disclosed that the agency was expanding waste collection options through the “deployment of tricycle compactors and other innovative collection systems designed to improve waste evacuation in areas inaccessible to conventional compactor trucks.”Related NewsLAWMA secures conviction of 16 environmental offendersNew compactor trucks to boost LAWMA’s efficiency – GbadegesinOgun warns traders as refuse overruns Lagos-Ibadan ExpresswayHe added that ongoing efforts to integrate willing cart pushers into a structured and regulated waste collection framework would help address some of the underlying causes of indiscriminate dumping while improving service delivery in underserved communities.Gbadegesin also encouraged residents to embrace waste sorting at source by separating recyclable materials such as plastics, paper, cardboard, glass, and aluminium from general waste.“A significant proportion of the materials currently disposed of as waste still retain economic value and can be recovered through recycling and resource recovery initiatives. By embracing waste sorting at sources, residents can support environmental sustainability while contributing to the circular economy,” he said.Gbadegesin maintained that a clean environment remained essential for public health, environmental sustainability, and economic development.He urged residents to take ownership of their surroundings, patronise approved PSP operators, comply with environmental regulations, and report waste management infractions through established LAWMA channels.Commenting on the exercise, the Chairman of Apapa Local Government, Idowu Senbanjo, commended LAWMA for the intervention and pledged the council’s continued collaboration in promoting environmental cleanliness and sustainable waste management within the local government area. He added that ongoing efforts to integrate willing cart pushers into a structured and regulated waste collection framework would help address some of the underlying causes of indiscriminate dumping while improving service delivery in underserved communities.Gbadegesin also encouraged residents to embrace waste sorting at source by separating recyclable materials such as plastics, paper, cardboard, glass, and aluminium from general waste.“A significant proportion of the materials currently disposed of as waste still retain economic value and can be recovered through recycling and resource recovery initiatives. By embracing waste sorting at sources, residents can support environmental sustainability while contributing to the circular economy,” he said.Gbadegesin maintained that a clean environment remained essential for public health, environmental sustainability, and economic development.He urged residents to take ownership of their surroundings, patronise approved PSP operators, comply with environmental regulations, and report waste management infractions through established LAWMA channels.Commenting on the exercise, the Chairman of Apapa Local Government, Idowu Senbanjo, commended LAWMA for the intervention and pledged the council’s continued collaboration in promoting environmental cleanliness and sustainable waste management within the local government area. Gbadegesin also encouraged residents to embrace waste sorting at source by separating recyclable materials such as plastics, paper, cardboard, glass, and aluminium from general waste.“A significant proportion of the materials currently disposed of as waste still retain economic value and can be recovered through recycling and resource recovery initiatives. By embracing waste sorting at sources, residents can support environmental sustainability while contributing to the circular economy,” he said.Gbadegesin maintained that a clean environment remained essential for public health, environmental sustainability, and economic development.He urged residents to take ownership of their surroundings, patronise approved PSP operators, comply with environmental regulations, and report waste management infractions through established LAWMA channels.Commenting on the exercise, the Chairman of Apapa Local Government, Idowu Senbanjo, commended LAWMA for the intervention and pledged the council’s continued collaboration in promoting environmental cleanliness and sustainable waste management within the local government area. “A significant proportion of the materials currently disposed of as waste still retain economic value and can be recovered through recycling and resource recovery initiatives. By embracing waste sorting at sources, residents can support environmental sustainability while contributing to the circular economy,” he said.Gbadegesin maintained that a clean environment remained essential for public health, environmental sustainability, and economic development.He urged residents to take ownership of their surroundings, patronise approved PSP operators, comply with environmental regulations, and report waste management infractions through established LAWMA channels.Commenting on the exercise, the Chairman of Apapa Local Government, Idowu Senbanjo, commended LAWMA for the intervention and pledged the council’s continued collaboration in promoting environmental cleanliness and sustainable waste management within the local government area. Gbadegesin maintained that a clean environment remained essential for public health, environmental sustainability, and economic development.He urged residents to take ownership of their surroundings, patronise approved PSP operators, comply with environmental regulations, and report waste management infractions through established LAWMA channels.Commenting on the exercise, the Chairman of Apapa Local Government, Idowu Senbanjo, commended LAWMA for the intervention and pledged the council’s continued collaboration in promoting environmental cleanliness and sustainable waste management within the local government area. He urged residents to take ownership of their surroundings, patronise approved PSP operators, comply with environmental regulations, and report waste management infractions through established LAWMA channels.Commenting on the exercise, the Chairman of Apapa Local Government, Idowu Senbanjo, commended LAWMA for the intervention and pledged the council’s continued collaboration in promoting environmental cleanliness and sustainable waste management within the local government area. Commenting on the exercise, the Chairman of Apapa Local Government, Idowu Senbanjo, commended LAWMA for the intervention and pledged the council’s continued collaboration in promoting environmental cleanliness and sustainable waste management within the local government area.