Each year 10 million or more ELTs pose a direct threat to Nigeria’s economy, public health and safety. Given their void space, ELTs dumped in landfills are subject to trap methane gas, which can cause them to become buoyant and rise to the surface. Besides taking up much space, ELTs are difficult to compact in landfills and have been known to damage landfill liners, which ought to prevent leachate from polluting nearby soil, surface or ground water reserves. When stockpiles of ELTs (figure 1) are left outside without cover during the rainy season, they retain water. These ELTs become ideal receptacles for breeding Anopheles mosquitoes, which ultimately will transmit malaria. While studies have demonstrated that the unregulated incineration of ELTs contributes directly to the increasing levels of carbon dioxide, volatile organic compounds, and greenhouse gas emissions into Nigeria’s atmosphere, it is not uncommon to see ELTs being used to roast meat in many abattoirs across the country. This has led to the elevated concentrations of heavy metals in meats.