The Waste Management Society of Nigeria (WAMASON) is an accredited Member of INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTITIONERS OF NIGERIA (IEPN) established by Act No 41 of 2023 of the National Assembly. WAMASON is a professional organization incorporated (CAC/IT/No. 18515) in 2005 envisioned to protect public health, control pollution, promote recycling and waste to energy.

WAMASON is the Waste and Resource Management Practitioners arm of IEPN, and is in the Council to ensure the development of Waste and Resource Management Industry, and the practice in Nigeria through;

• Development of appropriate human capital through training and certification;
• Building consensus with the Government and creating public awareness;
• Development of practice standards; and
• Research and development of best practices.

WAMASON has membership all over the Federation cutting across both the public and the private sector including the academia, and has established over fourteen State Councils’ offices in the Country.