The concepts of climate change and circular economy may seem implausible, especially in this part of the continent where poverty and stringent government policies stifle novel innovations that offer environmental solutions.
Janefrances ChibunduAliyu Sadiq training out-of-school children on plastic recycling and waste management in Lafia, Nasarawa state
Although his ideas were considered “alien” because of how innovative they were, Sadiq said an average Nigerian did not see the need to prioritise his initiatives, which made him fund some of these ideas to keep them afloat.Ecocykle staff member collecting trash during a household waste recovery outreach
Sadiq believes that by doing this, he is imbibing in the players the consciousness of the various solutions to the major environmental problem facing mankind while still having fun. Although Sadiq would love to see his ecobricks commercialised to enable him to generate money to impact more communities, he said low demand, heavy taxation, and regulatory bottlenecks hindered him from actualising such a dream.Desperate to impact more communities, in December 2022, he launched a pet-eco-friendly toilet, built with over 6,500 pet bottles with the help of students, to address the issue of open defecation in the state.
“We thought this was a goldmine, that if we were able to inspire these young people, they could leverage their creativity to even develop more groundbreaking ideas. Then we launched OYA Recycle. Nigeria’s plastic pollution is increasingly harming its environment; with about 2.5 million metric tons of waste produced annually, it ranks ninth as one of the highest contributors of plastic waste globally. With this in mind, Sadiq decided to provide weekly waste collection for households with no access to proper waste disposal systems through his “Smart Mobile Bin”.
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