Ooni urges stricter enforcement of plastic recycling policies

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, urged Nigeria’s federal government to enforce recycling policies more strictly to address plastic waste. He spoke at the opening of Polysmart Packaging Ltd. in Ogun State, where CEO Wasiu Balogun said the company’s $60 million expanded facility could process 100,000 tonnes of mixed plastics annually at full capacity. Polysmart plans to build a collection-agent network across Nigeria’s 774 local government areas and work with regulators. Board chairman Niyi Yusuf described the plant as Africa’s largest food-grade rPET facility and called for stronger extended producer responsibility policies and investment in collection infrastructure.