Imo bans use of polythene bags for waste disposal
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Imo State government has banned the use of polythene bags to dispose
refuse in the state, reiterating its determination to restore the state
to its premier position as the cleanest and most beautiful state in the
country through sustained aggressive environmental sanitation exercise.
The Chairman of the State Sanitation Committee and former governor of
the state Chief Ikedi Ohakim disclosed this shortly after monitoring
this month’s state environmental sanitation exercise within the Owerri
capital city and its environs, jointly with officials of the State
Environmental Transformation Commission (ENTRACO) led by the General
Manager, Alex Emeziem.
He said that the use of Polythene bags to dispose refuse has been banned in the state with immediate effect.
“From now henceforth nobody is allowed to use polythene bags in this
state to dispose refuse and anybody who dumps refuse in unauthorized
places will henceforth be sanctioned accordingly,” he warned.
He warned road site/street traders to relocate to markets or be
prepared to face the full weight of the law established in this regard.
Ohakim said that his committee had already desilted 16,000 K/m of
roads with drainages previously blocked by refuse cleared of such refuse
The former governor commended Governor Emeka Ihedioha for providing
new engineering dumpsites in the three senatorial zones of Owerri,
Okigwe and Orlu and enjoined the residents in the state to make maximum
use of the facilities.
Also speaking, the ENTRACO boss, Alex Emezie disclosed that the state
government had acquired new equipment and trucks and would soon come up
with the policy of door to door system which would later be evacuated
by trucks to stem the ugly tide of environmental degradation in the
state.
Emezie, a former member of the state House of Assembly added that his
commission had divided the state into 12 zones and would also engage
some qualified vendors that would pick waste materials in any part of
the state and dump them at designated sites.
“By next week, we will finish the selection of vendors who will be
collecting refuse in the state from the zones created so that if there
are any lapses, we will know who to hold responsible,” he added.
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