On January 21, 2024, the Lagos State Government announced, via the state Commissioner of the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, a ban with immediate effect on the usage and distribution of single-use plastics, specifically calling out Styrofoam. In order to enforce the ban, the State cited a number of regulations including the National Environmental (Sanitation and Waste Control) Regulation 2009, which was established under the NESREA Act which prohibits and specifically bans single-use plastics in Nigeria. According to the Commissioner, other laws used to enforce the ban include the 2017 State Environmental Management and Protection Law which states under section 56(I) (Y), “Prevent, stop or discontinue any activity or omission, which is likely to cause harm or has caused harm to human health or the environment”.

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