The Lagos Waste Management Authority on Saturday said plans had been concluded to decommission its Olusosun and Solous landfill sites.
The Managing Director of LAWMA, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, said in a statement that the decommissioning was due to urban encroachment and increased human activities around the areas.
Gbadegesin said that the move became necessary as both sites drew close to the end of their lifespans.
He said that the process of decommissioning the landfill sites had commenced.
The LAWMA boss said, “The government is opening a new chapter in modern waste management for the state, through a number of comprehensive short and long-term strategies.
“The strategies include the reactivation of Kesse Landfill project at Badagry; construction of additional material recovery facilities and transfer loading stations around the metropolis,” he said.
Gbadegesin said that immediate measures would be taken to mitigate the impact of the closure.
He said that the long-term objective of government was “a Lagos State where no landfill sites are required but only waste management facilities, waste to energy and incineration plants.”
Gbadegesin said that plans were on to establish 5MW waste-to-energy plants at Solous 3, Olusosun and Epe landfills, to tap the energy potential available there.
He said that Olusosun would eventually be transformed into a waste-treatment centre.
