FBRA Partners with Lagos Recyclers, Informal Sector and LAWMA

FBRA Partners with Lagos Recyclers, Informal Sector and LAWMA to commemorate the 3rdYear Anniversary of the Lagos Recycles Initiative

The Food and Beverage Recycling Alliance (FBRA), recently partnered with the Lagos 

State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) and the Lagos State Recyclers Association (LAGRA) to celebrate the third anniversary of the Lagos Recycing Initiative.

The Alliance, withcurrent membership of 28organizations, was established in 2018 as the industry-coalitionProducer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) for enhancing the collection and recovery ofpost-consumer packaging material in the Food and Beverage sector.  

Within the last four years, the Alliance in partnership with stakeholders in the waste value chain in Lagos state has impacted over fifty communities to educate and create awareness on recycling, facilitated the training of 3,000 waste pickers and hassupported the collection of over 25,000MT of recyclables for recovery to productive use through partnership with over 12 packaging waste aggregators.

FBRA has also partnered with 

several NGOsto educate children in schools on the need for responsible disposa including recycling and have provided 75 recycling collection giant bins in schools, public spaces,and communities. The focus is for Alliance member companies to contribute 

funds to support the waste management operations of the waste ecosystem through the implementation of the Extended Producer Responsibiity (EPR) in the packaging sector.

Speaking atthe event, the Executive Secretary of the Alliance, Onaghise Agharese emphasised the importance of source segregation at point of generation within homes and organisations to enhance the quality of the recycables harvested. She also emphasised the need for collaborative effortsof all relevant stakeholders to implement an effective waste management system whilst pledging the commitment of the Alliance 

member companies to support more projects.

The MD of LAWMA, Ibrahim Odumboni made a call out to all Food and Beverage 

organisations to join the efforts of the Alliance and informed all that the Agency is set to implement the Adopt the Bin Initiative where all households are expected to use the blue recycling bins to sort their waste, cal for pickup through PAKAM app and a LAGRA member in their vicinity will pick up their recyclables for an incentive. Dr. Femi Idowu Adegoke, the Chairman, Lagos Recyclers Association (LAGRA)encouragedall to join the Zero waste campaign through continuous public education, attitudinal and behavioural change towards minimizing (reducing), reusing, recovering, repurposing (upcycling and downcycling) and recycling for an efficient and sustainable circular economy in Lagos. . He also provided a commitment that its members under Lagos Recyclers Association LAGRA are available to offtake recyclables for all households who have segregated its waste and books for collection through the PAKAM app. PAKAM App is a technoogy application 

that can be downloaded from play store that connects households to collectors nearest to them to enable them trade in their separated waste for incentive or cash. 

FBRA hereby encourages residents of Lagos state to adopt waste separation from source and recycling there by earning rewards and incentive fromrecycling through the PAKAM App for a cleaner Lagos and a better planet for us all.