Anambra Government Tasks Residents on Supplying Waste Recycling Plants with their Wastes

By Our Reporter

Anambra State Governor, Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo has declared his administration’s commitment towards encouraging waste recycling in the state.

The governor also urged residents to cue into the government’s agenda on waste recycling, by sending their wastes to waste recycling plants in their area.

The call was made by the Commissioner for Environment, Engr Dr Felix Odimegwu during a field visit to various recycling hub in Ogbaru Local Government Area Anambra State.

The Waste Recycling hub visited by the team includes; Starich Recycling Technologies Co.Ltd situated at Atani Road, Ogbaru LGA. The firm recycles pet bottles, batteries, cartoons, plastics,rubber, tyre with end- products ranging from pillows, cushion, chairs, handfan, buckets to duvet.
The team also visted Vinval Industries located at Atani road. The company recycles paper waste to useful paper for printing office files, toilet tissue, cartoons, worn out woods into paper

Odimegwu who expressed satisfaction with the massive investment of turning waste to wealth, assured the companies that the Soludo administration would support them in terms of security, smart laws and policy regulations in order to sustain their various recycling hub.

He said: “The state gets cleaner and drainages free of encumbrances once the plastic wastes or other types of wastes are sorted out, removed and recycled”

“I call on the general public to join forces with the Anambra State Government to maximize waste in the state, by conveying any type of waste to any recycling hubs within their reach in exchange for money or an item, all we want to achieve is a clean, green, liveable, sustainable and prosperous homeland that we all will be proud of “

“Do locate any local council near you to join in the ongoing All Anambra Community Plastic Challenge, together we will rid Anambra of plastic waste” he stressed.