1. PATH-WAY TO SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT IN LAGOS

2. PATH-WAY TO SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT IN LAGOS VISION “A FLOOD FREE, HYGENIC & BEAUTIFUL LAGOS.” MISSION “To foster a clean, healthy, sustainable Environment for the well being of citizenry through the application of best practices in Environmental Management.” (LAWMA)(LASEPA) (LASAA) (LSWMO) (LASPARK) OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES OFFICE OF DRAINAGE SERVICES WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY WALK FOR NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT SCHOOL ADVOCACY PROGRAMME TREE PLANTING PROGRAMME

3. WITH MORE GLOBAL WARMING CAUSING CLIMATE CHANGE & INTENSE RAINS, FLOODS WILL INCREASE

4. LIKEWISE COASTAL EROSION

5. OWONIFARI MARKET OSHODI DEMOLITION

8. The ongoing massive population explosion, ranking Lagos as one of the worlds most populated cities has lead to a very high waste generation index Being a city boarded by the lagoon and the ocean, this is where most of the waste ends up

9. PLASTIC WASTE IN THE OCEAN Disposing Plastic into the Ocean risks marine life thereby affecting humans who are affected after ingestion

10. Facts NIGERIA is ranked Top 10 Ocean waste generators the world- National Geographic 2010

11. OUR ENVIRONMNENT IS HEAVILY POLLUTED WITH PLASTIC WASTE – WHICH REDUCES THE QUALITY OF LIFE, IS HARZADOUS TO HUMAN HEALTH & DEADLY TO AQUAFAUNA Benzene a component of plastic is a known carcinogenic that can trigger leukaemia.

12. USE OF THE PLASTIC BAG ( POLYTHENE BAG) BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAS CAUSED TERRIBLE HARM TO THE ENVIRONMENT ONCE DISCARDED, THESE BAGS FIND THEIR WAY TO OUR DRAINAGES, STREETS AND OUR OCEANS AND LAGOONS, THEY CAN TAKE HUNDREDS OF YEARS TO BREAKDOWN AND CAUSE MASSIVE DESTRUCTION OF AQUA FAUNA. PLASTIC WASTE ON LAND

13. PLASTIC BAGS ALSO CLOG DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, THREATENING NOT ONLY NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS BUT ALSO URBAN ONES. PLASTIC BAGS IN DRAINS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS MAJOR FACTORS IN THE SEVERE FLOODING. PLASTIC WHEN BURNED RELEASES POISONOUS AND TOXIC EMISSIONS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE SOIL FERTILITY GETS AFFECTED DUE TO PLASTIC WASTE

14. Heavy-weight Recycling Infrastructure Lagos State is ripe for heavy-weight facilities to divert plastic waste from the landfills and recycle them on a large scale.

15. Levies and Taxes on Plastic Bags

16. What is Climate Change? Outright Ban of Plastic Bags Rwanda Did It! Nigeria can too

17. REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE REFUSE – PLASTIC

18. Tacloban, Philippines (2013) Dadaab, Kenya (2015)

19. CAMPAIGN AGAINST PLASTIC ALLOVER THE WORLD

20. ACTION STEPS AGAINST PLASTIC ADVOCACY Schools Markets Supermarkets Gated Communities MEDIA CAMPAIGN Radio Television Social Media GOVERNMENT AND CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENT

21. A SIMPLE act can CHANGE the world. A small CHANGE in your behaviour can create a MASSIVE DIFFERENCE in our BEHAVIOUR Together, we can initiate the change. BE PART OF THE SOLUTION NOT THE PROBLEM ‘NO THANK YOU’ SAY TO PLASTIC BAGS

22. MORE INTER MINISTERIAL COORDINATION, PARTICULARLY WITH MINISTRY OF WATERFRONT AGGRESSIVE PURSUIT OF ACCESS TO THE ECOLOGY FUND MORE SOCIAL MEDIA ADVOCACY & ENLIGHTENMENT ACTIVITY FORMULATE STRATEGY TO REDUCE USE OF POLYETHYLENE BAGS A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR THE WAY FORWARD