FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA BEGINS METAL RECYCLING PROJECT IN KADUNA

Written by NAN Wednesday, 13 January 2010 16:05
The Federal Government is constructing a scrap metal plant worth N232 million in Kaduna State
Dr Oludayo Dada, the Director of Pollution Control in the Federal Ministry of Environment, disclosed this in Abuja while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
He said that the whole concept of the project was to gather all scrapped metals found in public places and recycle them into useful raw materials.
"The scrap metals will be collected, shredded and sold as raw material. That means we are clearing scrap metals in the city of Kaduna,'' he said.
Dada said that work had commenced on the recycling plant, which had already been fenced with all the equipment needed for the shredding of the scrap metals procured.
He said that the project, which was in its first phase, had been about 80 per cent completed.
Dada said that the project would be completed in three years' time.
The director said that the Federal Government had another ongoing project in Abeokuta, Ogun, which entailed the collection of waste from different cities.
He described the waste collection project as ``waste transfer stations'', adding that two waste collection centres were built to make waste collection easy.
"The waste collection centres are built because the disposal treatment facility is far from the cities and they will function as an intermediary before the final collection.
"The project, which cost N133 million, will help make the state clean and healthy,'' he said.
Dada said that that the project would be handed over to the Ogun State Government to complement their waste management efforts.
"The project will be completed by March and it would be handed over to the state government,'' he said. (NAN)