Body Urges Govt To Addres Indiscriminate Waste Disposal

The Green Janitors Sustainable Initiative (GJSI), has urged the Federal, State and Local Governments to address the indiscriminate waste disposal in parts of the country.
GJSI’s Executive Director, Mr Abdul-Salam Ashade, made the appeal in a statement recently in Lagos.
According to him, human activity is one of the issues that should be addressed when it comes to climate change, because it is something that we can control.
“When you look at the greenhouse gases released by burning fossil fuels, they don’t just get released by themselves, it’s done by humans.
“Take a look at the flooding, it does not just occur; people dispose waste indiscriminately on the streets and its blown away by wind into our drainage system and results in flooding.
“These and many more are human activities that are causing climate change.
“We are urging governments, from the grassroots to the Federal levels, to come out with different methods to check these indiscriminate waste disposals by the people,” he said.
Ashade stated that the group evacuated refuse in 12 different locations in Lagos and Oyo States including Osun on Sept.ember 18, when marking the 2021 World Clean-Up Day.
“The locations are: Badagry, LASU-Ojo, Oshodi, Bariga, Ikorodu, Lagos Island, Oto-Awori, Iba, Yaba, Ijanikin in Lagos State.
“Others are Ibadan, Oyo State, and Ile-Ife, in Osun.
“There was a massive impact for us at Green Janitors, as we were able to increase our locations to 12, compared to the two locations we observed in 2020.
“The initiative was able to implement our Pick the Plastic Project at two of the locations; Badagry and LASU-Ojo, where we rewarded people with incentives for submitting their plastics.