The Lagos State Government on Monday said that the recent ban on the usage of Styrofoam was borne out of the Government’s Commitment to protect the environment and the well-being of the good people of the State.
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| “Ban on styrofoam containers was to protect the environment” – LASG |
The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab made this known at the Nigeria Plastic Solution Activity Launch held at the Landmark Conference Centre, Victoria Island, adding that it was an inevitable decision that is already yielding positive results.
According to him, “In the words of the Canadian Minister for Environment and Climate Change, Steven Guilbeault, We won’t ban our way out of plastic pollution, we won’t recycle our way out of plastic pollution and we won’t reuse our way out of plastic pollution. We need to do a better job of all these things for different types of plastics”
He said one of the most pressing issues affecting the environment and planet is plastic pollution and Lagos as a passionate steward of the environment is desirous to join millions of others to confront the challenges of plastic pollution and attendant adverse impacts on the Environment and Public health and lining up to be counted.
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