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Waste transportation costs Lagos ₦350,000 per truck trip — LAWMA👇❤️ The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has disclosed that transporting waste with a 10-tonne compactor truck costs about ₦350,000 per trip, as the state grapples with growing waste volumes and limited disposal infrastructure. LAWMA Managing Director, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin, disclosed this during a television interview while explaining the recent resurgence of waste across parts of Lagos. He said the high cost of moving waste underscores the need for the state to reduce the volume of waste requiring transportation through sorting, recycling and other waste recovery initiatives. According to him, Lagos generates more than 17,000 tonnes of waste daily, while two of the state's major disposal sites, Olusosun and Solus 3, have reached or exceeded their operational capacity. Solus 3 was closed after becoming filled, while Olusosun, which has been in use since about 1991, is also undergoing a transition away from conventional landfill operations. The LAWMA boss said the authority was considering making waste sorting mandatory, arguing that separating recyclable, organic and other forms of waste at source would reduce the amount of material that has to be transported to disposal sites. He also supported consideration of a future “pay-per-throw” model, under which households generating less waste could pay less for waste services. Beyond collection, LAWMA is seeking to develop a circular waste economy in Lagos by encouraging private companies to recover value from discarded materials. The authority said non-recyclable combustible waste could be used as fuel by cement manufacturers, while organic waste could be processed through biodigesters to generate energy. Gbadegesin also disclosed that recoverable materials at Olusosun are estimated to generate about ₦250 million in value monthly, with thousands of people involved in recovering recyclable materials from the site. He called on investors and entrepreneurs interested in recycling, textile waste, plastics, organic waste and other areas of waste recovery to partner with LAWMA, saying the agency was prepared to provide access to data and waste streams. The authority is also planning reforms to the PSP system, including a system that would give households unique identification codes and allow residents to monitor the quality and regularity of their waste collection services. Gbadegesin apologised to Lagos residents for the disruption experienced in recent months, promising that the government was working to address the immediate backlog while building infrastructure for a more sustainable waste-management system. He urged residents to support the transition by sorting their waste, using authorised collection services and working with LAWMA to develop new ways of converting waste into economic value. The disclosure comes as LAWMA continues intensified waste evacuation across Lagos. The authority recently reported evacuating more than 18,660 metric tonnes of municipal solid waste in one week, underscoring the enormous scale of the waste-management challenge facing the megacity.
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