not only does it provide financial support but many items can be reused, without the need of going to waste, by building homes out of discarded materials, to save money or even sell. Additionally this rubbish can be turned into energy by harnessing methane gas, emitted from rotten waste. A new project by the lagos State Waste Managment Authority is planned to produce 25MW of electircity. Ths is enough to power a town ! In Terms of environmental benefits, Natural gases, build up under the decomposing waste especially when dry, often elading to fires that are hard to extinguish, so this threat is reduced through the people who waste recycle as a job for a living.