The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has evacuated over 18,660 metric tonnes of municipal solid waste across its disposal facilities in one week, following operational improvements at the Olusosun Disposal Facility.
The development came after the rehabilitation of the facility’s access road and the opening of additional waste disposal platforms, which have enhanced truck movement and increased evacuation capacity.
LAWMA Managing Director, Dr. Muyiwa Gbadegesin, described the feat as evidence that strategic infrastructure investment was yielding positive results noting that the biggest improvement was recorded at the Olusosun Disposal Facility, which handled 1,012 truck trips within the period.
The LAWMA boss noted that the intervention had addressed operational bottlenecks that previously affected waste evacuation, particularly during the rainy season.
Gbadegesin said other disposal facilities, including Ewu-Elepe, Badagry and Oke-Osho, as well as the Waste-to-Wealth Material Recovery Facility at Igando, continued to complement Olusosun in ensuring efficient waste evacuation across the state.
He assured that LAWMA would sustain the progress through the construction of modern Transfer Loading Stations (TLS), expansion of waste recovery infrastructure, development of waste-to-energy projects and the planned acquisition of additional compactor trucks.
Gbadegesin reiterated the agency’s commitment to supporting the Lagos State Government’s vision of transitioning from a landfill-dependent waste management system to an integrated and sustainable model driven by recycling, resource recovery, circular economy principles and modern waste processing infrastructure.
