VisionScape and a Cleaner Lagos: A Case of Policy Somersault
Everyone now knows that the widely touted #CleanLagos mantra which gained much ground in 2018 was just a PR ruse to give credence to the below par job the company has been doing since they took over the management of waste across Lagos. The CleanLagos hashtag trended across social media from the sheer effort of […]
Connect Nigeria’s Top 100 SMEs: Trash2Wealth Initiative
With a growing population of about 21 million people, “Lagos generates up to 10,000 metric tonnes of waste per day” — Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA). These include large amounts of municipal solid wastes, that not just take up land space, but also constitute severe bio-hazards, if not properly disposed of. Traditional means of […]
Lagos to Generate Electricity from Refuse Dumps
Over the years, heaps of trash in Lagos constituted environmental threats. That may soon turn to be a blessing as the state plans to turn the heaps of rubbish around the metropolis into electricity which the city desperately lacks. Lagos State is Nigeria’s commercial nerve; it is also one of the largest commercial cities in […]