Community members can open an account to be able to trade waste by periodically depositing recyclable materials which is given a monetary value and can be saved in their account or withdrawn like a regular bank #SimpleChangeBigImpact
We are going to start with Mushin/Lawanson in Lagos, one of the fatest-growing cities in the world which produces around 2.5 million tons of waste a year and is currently struggling with sustainble waste management #SimpleChangeBigImpact
@gtbank Ensuring environmental sustainability in our communities by creating a waste trading platform that identifies market opportunities to trade recyclable materials #SimpleChangeBigImpact
Community members can open an account to be able to trade waste by periodically depositing recyclable materials which is given a monetary value and can be saved in their account or withdrawn like a regular bank #SimpleChangeBigImpact
We need to make climate change simpler for people to understand its effects on daily life. It is time for a global mass movement for the environment, one that has never been seen before!
https://t.co/VSJqfRW7TQ
“Plastics are not the enemy. What matters is what we choose to do with them. It is not about doing without plastics but doing things differently.” @circulareconomy#CircularPlastics#Recycle https://t.co/3olZxnJ4pk via @financialtimes
79% of the plastic waste ever created is in the environment. Fortunately most of us #recycle - by #recycling#plastic it has a second life and less of a chance of ending up in the environment.
#plasticplanet#recyclinggap https://t.co/xcTw6lETtb
Did you know 79% of the plastic waste ever created is in the environment? That’s why we’re launching our new campaign, #PlasticPlanet. Read more about what you can do to keep plastic in use and out of the environment: https://t.co/2KVfTAFw4X
@kralovicmichal A large volume of e-waste is shipped out of the EU to Nigeria because of the increasingly stringent and harmonized waste policies in the region. Much of the e-wastes are falsely classified as ‘used goods’ although in reality they are non-functional.
One of the fastest-growing cities in the world, Lagos struggles not only with how to deal with its own waste but with garbage sent to Nigeria illegally from Europe and the United States. https://t.co/A3n5yw0qa5 #WorldWithoutWaste#ZeroWaste#CleanerLagos
@SkyOceanRescue The impacts of marine plastic pollution include fatalities as a result of ingestion, starvation, suffocation, infection, drowning, and entanglement