The North-East Development Commission (NEDC) has commenced training of 175 people on recycling of waste and watershed Management to combat climate change and environment degradation in the Northeast.
Dr. Zainab Mohammed Challube, the Commission’s consultant and Coordinator of the Waste Management and Recycling Program, noted that the training would help the trainees pick up the lives shattered by Boko Haram insurgency in the region.
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She said that the northeast has a long history of environmental degradation, hence the need for the commission to look into the causative factors, while developing the skills of people to mitigate such challenges.
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“We have realized that we should no longer be nonchalant about issues bordering on the environment and climate change. We should rather learn to recycle our environment to make it habitable.
“Littering the environment is a global challenge because it accelerates climate change, however, environmental degradation and climate change are issues at the forefront of discourse globally.”
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Zainab further explained that the commission would expand recycling and composting services through the blanket knowledge of all recyclable waste materials such as disposable plastic containers, plastic bottles and polythene bags.
She said, at the end of the 5 day training, the participants would learn how to convert the waste into usable materials, such as interlocks, adhesives and other related usable items.
