The Lagos State Government has strengthened its waste management strategy by signing three new Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with private sector partners, signaling a major push toward waste-to-wealth initiatives.

Speaking at the closing session of the 11th Lagos International Climate Change Summit held at the Continental Hotel, Victoria Island, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, said the agreements reflect the state’s shift from linear waste management to a circular economy.

One of the MoUs, with HAK Waste Limited, focuses on establishing a circular beverage container recycling and recovery system through a deposit refund framework based on the Extended Producer Responsibility Mechanism (EPRM).

Another agreement with Haggai Logistics Limited involves building a fully automated tyre recycling plant — the first of its kind in Lagos — for the processing of end-of-life tyres.

The third MoU, signed with Mondo 4 Africa, aims to convert non-recyclable plastic waste into sustainable fuel and other valuable materials.

Wahab stressed that Lagosians must adopt waste sorting at home and embrace the mindset that “waste is a resource, not rubbish.”

Also speaking, the Managing Director of LAWMA, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, noted that waste management requires private-sector participation, emphasizing that “LAWMA alone cannot manage Lagos’ daily waste generation.”

Executives of the partnering companies pledged full cooperation to realize the state’s waste-to-wealth vision.