Trashpays Partners Federal Ministry of Environment on Solid Waste Management
TECHDIGEST – Trashpays Services have over the past years involve in providing services on waste management. The company since its inception has encouraged youth participation in environmental conservation and management. Their contribution earn them the mandate to represent Nigeria at the 2021 Global Manufacturing and Industrial Summit (GMIS) in Dubai.
The Enterprise also continued to receive recognition and became affiliate and partner of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) on Waste Wise Cities and African Clean Cities forums, discussing on issues of solid waste management in line with the Global Sustainable Goals (GSGs).
Presently, the enterprise is invited to the eleventh session of the World Urban Forum 11 (WUF) that would be held at the International Congress Centre in Katowice, Poland from 26 to 30 June 2022 to discuss co-creating an inclusive, safe, resilient sustainable urban future.
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On 21 June, Trashpays Services received an invitation letter from the Federal Ministry of Environment to discuss on proposed partnership and endorsement request by the company. The Ministry through the Deputy Director, Pollution Control and Environmental Health, Alhaji A.B Usman received the management of Trashpays at the Solid Waste Management Division.
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The Chief Executive Officer of Trashpays Service Mr. Ikechukwu Odiri spoke on behave of the management of the company on the core mandate of the enterprise and why the intervention was necessary in the most populous black Nation of the World.
The CEO emphasized the adoption of technology in solving the solid waste challenge we face in urban cities. Describing the development and use of Information Technology as a tool to involve more households, businesses, industries in solid waste management.
During the presentation, Mr. Ikechukwu stressed on the need of inclusiveness of women and female adolescents on environmental sanitation practice, stating that Trashpays services have done training and workshops on waste to wealth entrepreneurship programme, teaching women on possible ways they can transform waste items to resources.
The Deputy Director, Alhaji Usman on his part, wanted to be clear of the impact of the company on retaining skillsets thought to the participants of Trashpays waste to wealth programme.
The CEO further shared his experience when he encountered one of the trainee, he said the lady was happy to have acquired the skillset and went further to start producing her own bags from plastic materials. However, he concluded by saying, the government of Nigeria needs to continue to support and encourage the business community on addressing the issue of sanitation literacy and circular economy.
The meeting was a fruitful engagement of practitioners of safe environment. The Ministry gave a nod to Trashpays Services, and promise to work closely with the enterprise through endorsement and partnership.
