Federal Government has assured it will create incentives for Nigerian industries to refrain from poor plastic waste management practices while incentivizing the industry of plastic waste collection and advanced recycling
The Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action SPEC, Ajuri Ngelale, who revealed this in a brief after a meeting with international partners, said the move will promote the waste-to-energy district of Evergreen City, where wealth is expected to be generated from the circular economic ecosystem that plastic waste pollution can power.
The SPEC who gave a peek into his activities in Geneva, Switzerland, said “I was briefed by the leadership of three technical teams who are working within the World Economic Forum’s Center of Nature & Climate as well as the Forum’s Center for Energy and Materials.
“We agreed to advance new opportunities for enhanced collaboration following my presentation of H.E. President Bola Tinubu’s green industrial vision with further insight into the wide-ranging activities presently being carried out in Nigeria’s climate action sector.
“Aside from two extensive meetings with two important Centers of the Forum, I was briefed by the Forum’s Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP) on the next stage of GPAP’s partnership with Nigeria where data had shown that Nigeria had assumed the top position in Africa in responsiveness to the plastic waste crisis across multiple criteria of assessment.
“I assured the GPAP leadership that we would re-double our efforts and create incentives for Nigerian industries to eschew poor plastic waste management practices while incentivizing the industry of plastic waste collection and advanced recycling within the context of a dedicated waste-to-energy district of Evergreen City, where wealth will be generated from the circular economic ecosystem that plastic waste pollution can eventually power.*
“There are many reasons to be excited about the ongoing handshake between Nigeria and the rest of the world on existential matters of climate action and the resulting green economic opportunities being presented.
“Today’s interactions once again reminded me of all that can be achieved when we strive to work collaboratively with others — to learn, to listen, to share, and to execute in synergy”, he said.
