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"The present-day Edo State Waste Management Board evolved from the defunct Edo State Environmental and Waste Management Board which came into existence with the enactment of Edo State Environmental and Waste Management Board law No 10 of the year 2000. The powers and activities of the Board are guided by the provisions of the Edo State Sanitation and Pollution Management Law No. 5 of 2010."
• To make Edo state clean, healthy, and beautiful in line with international best practices
• To create a conducive and sustainable environment that promotes the well-being of its citizen as well as attract investors -economic development of the state
• Providing a sustainable waste management policy framework to attract investors in the various waste management components
• Ensuring maximum resources extraction from waste, combined with disposal of residual waste through the development of engineered landfill and waste-to-wealth facilities
• Enhancing community education and participation in waste management programme
• Archiving a zero waste status through encouragement of waste reduction, reuse, and recycling