The Lagos State Government has announced a significant boost to its waste management efforts, receiving a €120 million support fund from the Dutch government.
This funding will facilitate a pioneering waste-to-energy project, executed in collaboration with Harvest Waste Consortium, a Dutch firm.
According to Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, the initiative will harness the decommissioned Epe landfill to generate electricity from waste.
The project’s daily capacity will be 2,500-3,000 tons, addressing a substantial portion of the state’s 13,000-14,000 tons of daily waste generation. Wahab shared this update on X.com on Wednesday.
“The waste-to-energy project with the Dutch company, Harvest Waste, is backed by the Dutch government to the tune of about €120m and we have designated the decommissioned Epe landfill for this purpose.
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“The Lagos State Government is actively decommissioning several landfills to make space for new waste management projects with foreign private companies, including the Jospong Group and Closing the Loop,” he wrote.
“Once these partnerships are fully operational, the government expects only 3% to 4% of the waste generated in Lagos to end up in the landfills, in line with the state’s goal of turning waste into valuable resources and promoting sustainability,” the commissioner added.
In a bid to promote sustainable waste management, the Lagos Waste Management Authority announced a collaborative initiative with C40 and G-ORBIT Enterprise last year, focusing on converting organic waste into biogas for electricity production.
“LAWMA has partnered C40 and G-ORBIT Enterprise on a waste-to-energy feasibility study involving the conversion of organic waste, generated from markets, into biogas used for electricity,” the agency wrote on X in October 2023.
