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Femi loading his wecycle with recyclables collected from the Adekunle household in Surulere, Lagos in September 2013
Recognition Friends
Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola CEO
Jonathan Kola CTO
Bola Akeju Health, Safety and Environment Manager
WECYCLERS MANAGEMENT TEAM
OUR DREAM FOR LAGOS
Reach 4 million
households registered for collection
service
Recycle 730,000 tons
of waste PET plastic, LDPE sachets
and aluminum cans
Create 100,000
direct jobs
THE OPPORTUNITY IN LAGOS
The supply gap
plastic bottles (PET)
70,000 tons per year
730,000 tons per year of plastic, sachets and cans pure water sachets and other
plastics
477,000 tons per year
With limited recycling in place, large quantities of waste end up in
communities or landfill
Source: LAWMA, Indorama Group
aluminum cans and other metal
183,000 tons per year
Plastic bottles Pure water sachets and other plastics
Aluminum cans and other metals
Price trend for the past 5 years
plastic bottles 70,000 tons per year
pure water sachets and other plastics 477,000 tons per year
aluminum cans and other metals 183,000 tons per year
TRENDS AND END USES
Possible Uses
T-shirt Shoes Bin bag Diesel Bicycle Aluminum can
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