*Flags off next phase in Agege next week
*Deploys 3,000 galvanised bins next week
*Deploys 1 million plastic bins next week
*Deploys street sweepers Thursday
Leading waste management company, Visionscape Sanitation Solutions, has received a consignment of a brand new 100 vehicle waste management fleet embedded with cutting-edge technology, even as it has invested $50 million (N18.05 billion) in the waste management system in the first phase.
The shipment consists of a series of waste trucks, from various rear end loaders to operational vehicles. The company is set to begin operations across the State to roll out the next phase of their contract for the Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI).
The CLI was established to address, enforce and regulate the challenges in the solid waste management systems within Lagos State. The initiative is focused on improving the environment to make it cleaner, safer and healthier for all Lagos State residents, as well as developing operational efficiency. Visionscape is currently in a public-private partnership with the Lagos State Government, set to provide management services for the CLI, under the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA).
Thomas Forgacs, Chief Operations Officer, Visionscape Sanitation Solutions, during a Media facility tour on Wednesday at the Visionscape Transfer Loading Station, Tapa, on Lagos Island said the company had invested about $50 million (N18.05 billion) into the waste management system in the first phase, adding that “we are not here to laugh, but to invest.”
“The addition to the waste management fleet is in line with our commitment to provide integrated waste management services, using state-of-the-art equipment and innovative solutions to help transform megacities,” he said.
“In the last six months, we have surveyed all of Lagos State and collated vital data to aid operations. We, therefore, understand population density of the communities and areas that will be serviced, even up to the number of streets and households across the State. This preliminary assessment has aided us to know the amount of waste that will be generated in any particular location”, Forgacs stated.
He added that Visionscape would kick off the next phase of the CLI next week in Agege as machinery would be deployed in full force to the area, adding that apart from this, the body had been engaged in cleaning about 1,000 black spots within the metropolis and carted away 80,000 tons of refuse, with the deployment of 600 galvanised waste bins.
Forgacs disclosed that visionscape would be deploying additional 3,000 galvanized waste bins to different parts of the state next week, adding that in two months, the body was expected to deploy 20,000 galvanized waste bins across the state.
He also revealed that the company would be deploying one million plastic bins across the state next week, adding that sanitation sweepers would be deployed to various parts of the state as from Thursday (tomorrow).
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Environment, Abiodun Bamgboye said the government was determined to ensure that the CLI succeeded as it had not relented in creating awareness about the environmental initiative.
“We have not relented in our drive for the CLI. Policies are being formulated and facilities are now coming in. We won’t derail in this project, our resolve to do things are always actualized,” he said.
However, Visionscape currently holds the residential waste collection contract for the State, and the management of three operating waste transfer loading stations, which are currently being renovated, under LAWMA. Visionscape has also begun construction of West Africa’s first engineered landfill in Epe.
Source: PMNEWS
