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Nigeria: When Inclusive Education and Recycling Meet With An Innovator's Dream
allAfrica, 24 May 2022
How do you get children to school and clean up plastic waste at the same time? Well, you could start a school that accepts recyclables as payment. And that is precisely what… Read more »
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Nigeria: In Lagos School, Parents Who Can't Afford Childrens' Tuition, Turn to Recyclables
Premium Times, 21 March 2020
There is a glint in Motunrayo Taliat's eyes when she speaks about how she is finally able to take care of the school fees of her three children. Read more »
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Nigeria: Ridding the Planet of Plastic Saves You Too
Daily Trust, 3 October 2021
For over a year, Muniratu Raimi has been gathering plastic bottles. Plastics will determine whether she gets a roof over her head or gets thrown out by her landlord. Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria's Plastic Pollution Is Harming the Environment - Steps to Combat It Are Overdue
The Conversation Africa, 27 February 2022
A key theme at this year's United Nations Environment Assembly in Kenya is plastic pollution. It will be returning to a theme from 2018 World Environment Day. The evidence for the… Read more »
When Education and Recycling Meet With An Innovator's Dream
A school in Lagos, Nigeria, is accepting empty plastic bottles from parents in exchange for their children's school fees, thanks to a recycling project.
Through the Recycle Pay Project Initiative, Grace and her sister and co-founder Rose Amuzie, are offering low-cost educational services to low-income families.
The initiative which was introduced in 2019, was launched in partnership with the African Clean-up Initiative.
Grace Amuzie recently won the first place at the Savvy Prize for Impact Driven Entrepreneurs.
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Decreasing the usage of plastic and increasing its recycling is the aim of a resolution being presented at a United Nations Environment Program conference. According to the UNEP< Read more »
