Dear Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, Thank you once again for contributing to the important dialogue on sustainable waste management in Lagos. Your concerns around affordability, public health, and the responsibilities of government are noted. However, I would like to respectfully offer some clarifications on the economic, operational, and environmental rationale underpinning current waste management policies in our megacity since you are ignorant of the facts but base your opinions, as usual, on conjectures and attention seeking assumptions. So as to put this to rest once and for all because he who knows not and knows not that he knows not must be helped to know he knows not …. As ignorance can no longer be bliss …. ⸻ 1. Waste Generation Is a Byproduct of Consumption — and Must Be Managed Sustainably It is important to begin with the foundational principle guiding waste management globally: the Polluter Pays Principle (PPP). This principle, endorsed by the United Na...