An Overview of Solid Waste Resource Recovery Efforts in Lagos

Folahan Anthony Adenaike; Abayomi Josiah Omotosho

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An Overview of Solid Waste Resource Recovery Efforts in Lagos

Folahan Anthony Adenaike, Abayomi Josiah Omotosho

Published in American Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics (Volume 5, Issue 3)

Received: 30 June 2020 Accepted: 14 July 2020 Published: 28 July 2020

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Abstract

Resource recovery from solid waste is of immense benefit for any society in terms of sustainability and economic diversification. It directly addresses the problem of waste overload as well as resource scarcity. This study assesses the efforts made by Lagos State of Nigeria to recover resources from solid wastes since 2007. It highlights the different programs and policies of the state in resource recovery and carried out a questionnaire survey of the citizens’ awareness and response to the government efforts. While the residents are conscious of the government position and are ready to get involved in its actualization, there is however, a very low level of implementation especially in the infrastructure. The study concludes that to improve the Lagos State resource recovery model, there is a need to approach it more globally, starting with the redirection of the polity towards a circular economy and encouraging inclusiveness especially with the private sector.

Published in	American Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics (Volume 5, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajere.20200503.11
Page(s)	44-49
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Municipal Solid Waste, Waste Management, Resource Recovery, Circular Economy

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Folahan Anthony Adenaike, Abayomi Josiah Omotosho. (2020). An Overview of Solid Waste Resource Recovery Efforts in Lagos. American Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics, 5(3), 44-49. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajere.20200503.11

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Folahan Anthony Adenaike, Abayomi Josiah Omotosho. An Overview of Solid Waste Resource Recovery Efforts in Lagos. Am J Environ Resour Econ. 2020;5(3):44-49. doi: 10.11648/j.ajere.20200503.11

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Folahan Anthony Adenaike

Department of Architectural Technology, School of Environmental Studies, Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, Nigeria
Abayomi Josiah Omotosho

Department of Architectural Technology, Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, Nigeria

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Folahan Anthony Adenaike; Abayomi Josiah Omotosho. An Overview of Solid Waste Resource Recovery Efforts in Lagos. Am. J. Environ. Resour. Econ. 2020, 5(3), 44-49. doi: 10.11648/j.ajere.20200503.11

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Folahan Anthony Adenaike, Abayomi Josiah Omotosho. An Overview of Solid Waste Resource Recovery Efforts in Lagos. Am J Environ Resour Econ. 2020;5(3):44-49. doi: 10.11648/j.ajere.20200503.11

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