Young activist working to #beatplasticpollution encourages people to join her as world celebrates Environment Day
June 5, 2023 3:17 PMIt is common to see refuse dumps littered across streets and plastic-laden gutters in some states. This is not peculiar to Nigeria alone. Plastic pollution has become a global “pandemic”. According to the United Nations, every year, more than
We saw that young people are actually very concerned about these issues and we wanted to help connect them with the opportunities. We wanted to give them the tools, the funding, the resources, the platform, and the opportunities to accelerate change. That was why we started U-Recycle and I’m so happy that so far, we have been able to achieve so much impact in that regard.
We have some companies that are driving off profit from manufacturing plastic. So, we need to take off the scales from our eyes and see plastic for what it truly is. Plastic is actually very dangerous and it is important that we actually begin to invent our way out of this problem.TheCable: Stakeholders from civil society organisations have called for a ban on single-use plastic by 2024.
In terms of behavioural changes, I would like to see people reduce their plastic footprint, that is reducing the amount of plastic they generate on a daily basis. Imagine if one million people who previously used five pieces of plastic on a daily basis now find suitable reusable alternatives and use water bottles, reusable bags, reusable straws, and reusable cutlery. That would prevent over five million single-use plastic waste items from being generated on a daily basis.
TheCable: How does U-Recycle advance the idea of reducing, reusing, and recycling, and what innovative solutions do you deploy to #BeatPlasticPollution?Our work is shaped around three major pillars – enlighten, empower and create value. We develop creative educational tools and programmes to help accelerate climate education across schools and universities to tackle the issue of plastic pollution.
For instance, we have our Plastic Wise talking bins which we recently developed. It has a speech that reads: ‘I am hungry, feed me your plastic’. It has that effect, nudging the right behaviour and it has been deployed across a number of universities. Another challenge we face is bureaucracy. Sometimes, we would like to get our projects to schools. It can take months. Well, right now, we’re trying to collaborate with government agencies and stakeholders to be able to access schools better.
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