The Deputy Director of the French Institute, Lucille Haddad, has said that the indiscriminate dumping and littering of plastic waste has continued to intensify global warming.
The Deputy Director made this known yesterday during a press conference with the theme “Sustainability Development Initiatives,” held at the French Institute, Wuse, Abuja.
Haddad said that the unwholesome practice further deteriorates the earth and endangers the lives of humans, plants, and wildlife while also calling for the use of more environmentally friendly alternatives to mitigate the effects of carbon emissions contributing to the drastic climate change.
Haddad also urged Nigerians to be involved in the campaign by embracing renewable energy sources, stressing the need to have bins where plastics can be stored.
She also noted that the institute has resolved to show commitment by collaborating with partners like EcoCedar, Wonder Woman Nigeria, and Ekondo, whose involvement in creating an eco-friendly society is significant.
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She said: “We recognize that climate change is a shared responsibility and a reality that affects our lives, which is why we have also committed to the elimination of single-use plastics.
Our collaboration with partners like EcoCedar, a renewable energy solutions company that has installed 40 solar panels; Ekondo, whose innovation called the living wall has helped with planting vegetables, flowers, and herbs; and Wonder Woman Nigeria, which collects plastic waste to raise funds for Internally Displaced People.”
One of the partners, the Vice President of Wonder Woman Nigeria, Anne Dirkling, who spoke at the conference, disclosed that their innovation called Plastic for Pads is designed specifically to eradicate plastic waste from the environment.
She also noted that each of these plastics is collected and sold to raise money for sanitary pads for girls at the IDP camps.
“Our innovation, called Plastic for Pads, is designed to help save the planet from the adverse effects of global warming and to provide pads for girls at the IDP camps. The Institut Vert fund we received aided in funding all these projects. The need to protect the environment is crucial, and everybody must be involved,” she said.
Story was adapted from The Guardian.
