Cycling-Powered Waste Collection Creates Clean Value in Nigeria Lagos, Nigeria, has a waste management problem. Municipal services are only collecting 40% of the city’s garbage and only manages to separate 13% of the recyclable garbage from that. Imagine piles of garbage lining the streets of your neighborhood. It’s stressful just to walk by. It clogs gutters and sewers, making floods more common, and dirty water with garbage floating in it runs right into people’s front doors. Yet local recycling facilities are only running at half capacity. Wecyclers is a new company that is giving communities a chance to take waste into their own hands. Wecyclers collects recyclable waste and reimburses families and communities. Staff use the green power of tricycles with carts to transport the waste. No wonder they won the 2014 Sustania Award. Thanks to Derek Markham for letting us know on TreeHugger. Posted by → November 20, 2014 at 3:50 PM under News and Events
