Stakeholders task Edo State Government on developing organic waste recycling facilities

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Stakeholders comprising the Government, Waste Managers, Waste pickers, Academia, Media, Community leaders and Civil society groups among others, have called on Edo State government to adopt a zero waste approach to waste management with emphasis on waste segregation and waste pickers integration in a bid to creating a circular economy where nothing goes to landfills or incinerators.

This was the subject  matter of a Workshop on Community Plastic Pact Towards a Greener Future - A Zero Waste Approach in Edo State organised by the Sustainable Environment Development Initiative (SEDI) held on Thursday 6th March, 2025, with financial support from the Global Greengrants Fund, (GGF) 

Speaking, the Executive Director of SEDI- Dr. Tom Aneni said the  increasing complexity and quantity of wastes produced in Edo State has been of increasing concern in recent years. Hence, the need to embrace the zero waste philosophy. He said the zero waste philosophy is an approach aimed at reducing waste to the absolute minimum by redesigning resource use so that all products are reused, repaired, or recycled instead of being discarded. The goal is to create a circular economy where nothing goes to landfills or incinerators.

"Utimately, we want to be able to compost the organic waste. That is the next step to take. We are working closely with the Otofure composite and community as a pilot to see how we can work there to ensure that organic is composted into fertilizer. This is to prove that wastes are resources that can be used for productive ventures.

"Waste management entails a holistic approach, which spans from reduction, sorting, reuse, collection, storage, transport, recovery, recycling, treatment and disposal in an environmentally sound manner.

"It is necessary for Edo State to tackle the issue of solid waste with all seriousness and to align with international best practices and thus adopt solid waste management trends that will: Promote job creation and improved economic activities by establishing waste to wealth schemes and Comply with international best practices in environmental health and safety standards for the sector," Dr. Tom Aneni said.

On his part, representative of the Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Environment Dr. Kenneth I. Woghiren highlighted the importance of human factor in waste management. "So engaging community leaders down to local level in waste management will go a long way in reducing the problem of waste management", he said.

The Chairman of Edo Waste Managers Association, Comr. Ahmed Odolevbo Haruna called for the formation of waste management clubs in schools in order for children to learn how to dump waste properly.

According to him, "waste managers have devised a means of sorting waste at source. We've also come up with a strategy at ensuring waste does not leave our homes, but will produce value to the waste generator. We have colleagues that goes to these houses to buy the waste".

Good will messages were made by various local government Heads of Environmental Departments. 







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