Nigeria to set up 28 plastic recycling plants
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Nigeria plans to establish 28 plastic recycling plants in selected states, a top government official has said.
Ogundayo Dada, the director of pollution control in the federal Ministry of Environment disclosed this to reporters in Abuja on Wednesday, adding that the initiative was aimed at combatting the menace of plastic materials to the environment.
The 28 plastic recycling facilities will be established in some selected states to control the volume of plastic waste in major cities across the country, he said.
Dada told reporters that the project would commence in August 2012, noting that the benefitting state governments would provide as part of their contribution toward the its success.
According to him, the project is also part of the government's intervention to boost environmental sustainability.
He said government had also instituted the community-based waste management program to encourage private sector participation in solving the nation's waste management problems at the community level.
Dada added that government had initiated n Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF) project, consisting of a material recovery facility center, composting plant; incinerator and landfill.
The project, he said, was being executed through the public private partnership arrangement, and aimed at solving the nation's pollution.
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