The Lagos State has issued a ban on the utilization and distribution of styrofoam (takeaway) and other types of single-use plastics throughout the state.
However, in a statement via his X handle on Sunday, the State’s Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, noted that the ban is with immediate effect.
Wahab wrote: “Following the menace which single-use plastics, especially non-biodegradable Styrofoam, are causing on the environment, the Lagos State government through the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources is hereby announcing a ban on the usage and distribution of Styrofoam and other single-use plastics in the State with immediate effect.”
INFORMATION NIGERIA learnt that single-use plastic items are typically employed only once or for a brief duration before being discarded.
https://twitter.com/tokunbo_wahab/status/1749063487299400052
