The Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance (FBRA), recently partnered with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) and the Lagos State Recyclers Association (LAGRA) to celebrate the third anniversary of the Lagos Recycling Initiative.
The Alliance, with current membership of 28 organizations,
was established in 2018 as the industry-coalition Producer Responsibility
Organisation (PRO) for enhancing the collection and recovery of post-consumer
packaging material in the Food and Beverage sector.
Within the last four years, the Alliance in partnership with
stakeholders in the waste value chain in Lagos state has impacted over fifty
communities to educate and create awareness on recycling, facilitated the
training of 3,000 waste pickers and has supported the collection of over
25,000MT of recyclables for recovery to productive use through partnership with
over 12 packaging waste aggregators.
FBRA has also partnered with several NGOs to educate
children in schools on the need for responsible disposal including recycling
and have provided 75 recycling collection giant bins in schools, public spaces,
and communities.
The focus is for Alliance member companies to contribute
funds to support the waste management operations of the waste ecosystem through
the implementation of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in the
packaging sector.
Speaking at the event, the Executive Secretary of the
Alliance, Onaghise Agharese emphasised the importance of source segregation at
point of generation within homes and organisations to enhance the quality of
the recyclables harvested.
She also emphasised the need for collaborative efforts of
all relevant stakeholders to implement an effective waste management system
whilst pledging the commitment of the Alliance member companies to support more
projects.
The MD of LAWMA, Ibrahim Odumboni made a call out to all
Food and Beverage organisations to join the efforts of the Alliance and
informed all that the Agency is set to implement the Adopt the Bin Initiative
where all households are expected to use the blue recycling bins to sort their
waste, call for pick-up through PAKAM app and a LAGRA member in their vicinity
will pick up their recyclables for an incentive.
Dr. Femi IdowuAdegoke, the Chairman, Lagos Recyclers
Association (LAGRA) encouraged all to join the Zero waste campaign through
continuous public education, attitudinal and behavioural change towards
minimizing (reducing), reusing, recovering, repurposing (upcycling and
downcycling) and recycling for an efficient and sustainable circular economy in
Lagos.
He also provided a commitment that its members under Lagos
Recyclers Association LAGRA are available to offtake recyclables for all
households who have segregated its waste and books for collection through the
PAKAM app. PAKAM App is a technology application that can be downloaded from
play store that connects households to collectors nearest to them to enable
them trade in their separated waste for incentive or cash.
FBRA hereby encourages residents of Lagos state to adopt
waste separation from source and recycling there by earning rewards and
incentive from recycling through the PAKAM App for a cleaner Lagos and a better
planet for us all.
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