The Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources’ enforcement officials have implemented the state’s market ban on styrofoam food containers.
Recall that a few months prior, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu banned the use and sale of single-use plastics, including styrofoam, throughout the whole state.
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Tokunbo Wahab, the Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, had said that the prohibition would take effect immediately.
According to Wahab, the decision was made in response to the environmental threat posed by single-use plastics, particularly the non-biodegradable Styrofoams.
The Lagos State government, via the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, is hereby announcing a ban on the usage and distribution of Styrofoam and other single-use plastics in the State with immediate effect, he wrote, “following the menace which single-use plastics, especially non-biodegradable Styrofoam, are causing on the environment.”
In a recent development, the Minister disclosed that the prohibition remains in full effect and that enforcement agency representatives are stepping up the mopping up procedure.
Through X, he sent the following: “On Thursday, officials from the enforcement departments under the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources stepped up efforts to remove prohibited Styrofoam food containers from state markets.”