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Lagos Gov’t Destroys N5m Worth Of Seized Styrofoam Packs

Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), popularly known as KAI, on Thursday destroyed ₦5M worth of Styrofoam packs seized across various locations in the State in the past month.

This is part of action embarked on by the Lagos State Government against the sales, usage, and distribution of banned Styrofoam and single-use plastics in the State.

This was carried out in the Epe area of the State by the Agency in conjunction with Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) officials.

Speaking at the venue of the incineration,  Corps Marshal of the Agency, Major Olaniyi Olatunbosun Cole (rtd) said ‘‘The State Government has declared zero tolerance on the sales, usage, and distribution of Styrofoam packs in the State and there is no going back on this resolve as we are more than committed’’.

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He urged market men and women in the State to discontinue selling and buying the banned Styrofoam packs just as he read the riot act to traders who had converted road setbacks, walkways, medians, curbs, and verges to sale points as the Agency would deplete all lawful enforcement options to reduce hawking and street trading in the metropolis.

He affirmed the Agency’s determination to decrease the spate of environmental infractions in the State to the barest minimum and seek collaboration with sister agencies in the discharge of its mandate when necessary and appropriate.

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