A resident, Adijat Moshood, thanked the agency for educating them on how to keep their environment clean and make money from their waste.
She pledged to help in expanding the advocacy to others who are ignorant of the initiative.
Another beneficiary, who made over N10,000 from collected waste, Kayode Anuoluwa, said he was happy to enjoy the privilege of exchanging waste that could have blocked the drains for money. He called for the sustainability of the project.
Speaking to newsmen at the event, the General Manager of LASEPA, Dolapo Fasawe, said the advocacy, which was done on behalf of the Lagos State government, is to protect and clean the environment.
Fasawe said that the advocacy, tagged, “Cash for Trash”, was one of the programmes designed by the agency to ensure that single-use plastics do not end up in the dump sites.
She said: “Single use plastics are recyclable. There is value when you exchange them for cash.
“We are here today to talk to people about the harm improper disposal of single-use plastics can cost to our health, the environment and even the wellbeing of species in the ocean. It clogs our drains, it clogs our canals. That is why we have floods and global warming.”
The general manager said that plastics in the ocean could be eaten by fishes, which in turn are consumed by humans, leading to cancer.
