Waste Management Is Capital Intensive - WAMASON

Yesterday was International Mother Earth Day, as set aside every 22nd of April by the UN, The team for this year was ''It's our turn to lead'' So, Hosting a waste management summit on this day was the right thing to do. The Waste Management Society of Nigeria (WAMASON) on Wednesday called on the Federal and State governments to create an enabling environment for private sector to invest on wastes.


NAN reports that, Mr Reuben Ossai, the President of the society, made the call at the second International Waste Summit in Lagos.
The theme on the summit is: ``Financing Waste Management in Developing Economies’’.
Ossai identified the major challenge in waste management as the poor response of the government at all levels to waste management issues.
``Without infrastructure, you cannot manage waste and waste management is a capital intensive business.
``Today, the challenge is that governments have not been able to create an enabling environment that will encourage private investors to put money into waste management.
``That is why our waste is not being managed properly.
``If government sets up a system that will enable private people to invest with the hope of getting it back, they will invest,’’ he said.