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ASEPA Takes Waste Management to Next Level, Sets Date for Commissioning of Recycling Plant in Aba

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AASEPA Takes Waste Management to Next Level, Sets Date for Commissioning of Recycling Plant in Aba Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA), having achieved tremendous progress in environmental sanitation and cleanliness of public spaces, is now focusing on the next level of waste management. This new level will entail the modern collection of waste at the point of generation, focusing on residential areas and business premises.  State Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu disclosed this in Umuahia, Monday, while briefing newsmen on the outcome of this week's Executive Council meeting chaired by Governor Alex Otti. Kanu added that the Agency is poised to run a hybrid that will involve central collection of waste in markets and some specific areas with high traffic, population and narrow or arterial roads. He pointed out that ASEPA is also on the verge of implementing their new tariffs and rates across the state, noting that the State government will offer some assistance in that regard as waste disposal is a social service. "However, the citizens will to a reasonable extent, bear some burden in terms of paying some  tariffs for waste disposal, services, to make the process more viable and efficient, Kanu stated. Prince Kanu sought the assistance of the members of the public to help ASEPA and other agencies of government to monitor government's assets against the activities of social deviants. "In this wise, they need to monitor the activities of scrap dealers who tamper with ASEPA buckets. "We have instances of scrap dealers who steal or remove ASEPA buckets, so we need members of the public to take ownership of these assets and help in monitoring the activities of such unscrupulous individuals in the society. "They also need to be wary of some criminals and members of a  syndicate who defraud members of the public in the name of ASEPA. "We are using this opportunity to encourage members of the public to report  suspected cases of extortion of people to the Harmonized Task Force and other law enforcement agencies.," the Information Commissioner stated. Responding to questions, the General Manager Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA), Mazi Ogbonnia Okereke disclosed that a big recycling company is setting up a plastic recycling plant in Aba. Okereke said the plant would be commissioned during the 2025 World Recycling Day on the 18th of March 2025. He said the state government is partnering many organizations to set up similar processing and recycling plants in the state and explained the planned next level the government is taking waste management to.

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