"Several environmental sustainability organisations based in Nigeria have launched a project, in collaboration with the Lagos State Government and the Ministry of Environment, aimed at reducing food waste while providing power to energy-strapped facilities. Footage filmed on Thursday shows workers collecting fruit and vegetable waste at the Ikosi Fruit Market in Lagos and transporting it in rolling bins to a biogas facility. A sign promoting green energy is also on display, reading: 'Don't throw trash around carelessly. It can provide electricity for your shop and the market.' "They always use money to dispose of their waste. But with the help of this program, we make use of those wastes, the food waste," Fagbemi Oladele, an engineer with the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), said. He also said that the biogas-powered lighting is critical for traders who operate around the clock, making it easier for them to move in and out of their goods from the facility. The founder of FABE International Foundation, Temitope Okunu, said the project works as an 'alternative energy to charge mobile devices' and 'cooking gas for vendors who cook around the market,' while reducing reliance on fossil fuels and cutting waste sent to landfills. "Fruits like pineapples, watermelons, and plantains, those particular three fruits. [...] the remaining fruits in the market, the ones they cannot sell, the spoiled ones, are not thrown into the dustbin. They [sanitation workers] can now collect them and bring them into the biogas facility," she added. The initiative is a collaboration between the Lagos State Government, C40 Cities, LAWMA, the Ministry of Environment, FABE International Foundation, and Mayana. In 2025, Nigeria reportedly continued to face power issues due to grid instability, gas supply shortages, and infrastructure deficits."