By Gabriel Olawale

lagos—In pursuit of cleaner Lagos initiative, Visionscape Sanitation Solutions, yesterday, disclosed that it had taken delivery of $50 million consignment of waste management fleet of vehicles for immediate flag- off of operation from Agege area.

Speaking during the facility tour of newly refurbishment Tapa Transfer Loading Station, TLS, in Lagos Island, Chief Operations Officer of the company, Mr. Thomas Forgacs, said the consignment of brand new 100 vehicle waste management fleet embedded with cutting-edge technology aimed at improving the environment to make it cleaner, safer and healthier for all Lagos State residents.

Forgacs explained that the company had successfully cleared over 1,000 littered black spots and illegal dump sites across Lagos State, as part of their pre-operational phase.

He said: “As a pioneer in environmental solutions, the Visionscape trucks are fully equipped and embedded with cutting-edge features, which includes a Global Positioning System (GPS), radio-frequency identification (RFID), and automotive Controller Area Network (CAN bus) system. These innovative features are designed to meet the operational needs facing waste management across the state. Using these methods, Visionscape will be able to monitor and track the state’s waste collection process thoroughly, ensuring the trucks are deployed for effective waste collection within Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) and Local Government Areas (LGAs).

“In the last six months, we have surveyed all of Lagos State and collated vital data to aid operations. We, therefore, understand population density of the communities and areas that will be serviced, even up to the number of streets and households across the state. This preliminary assessment has aided us to know the amount of waste that will be generated in any particular location.”

He added that the company had commenced the construction of West Africa’s first engineered landfill in Epe.