Sade Nubi, Senior Environmental Engineer, University of Lagos (UNILAG), said the institution through its recycling initiative realised about N5 million from waste generated by the university community.


Nubi disclosed that this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Cape Coast, Ghana at the ongoing Africa Cleanup conference.

She said that the university generates about 32.2 tons of wastes monthly from its 97,000 population including visitors.

“We try to make sure that the school environment is clean, we make sure that we sensitise people to know that an we can create wealth from waste.

“For UNILAG, despite the initial challenges of funding and negative attitude towards the initiative, we still moved ahead beyond the challenge to push forward and achieve our goal.

“We have been able to recycle as much as 23 tons of waste every month. We have recycling companies as partners who come to buy our waste.

“We have been able to create income for the institution as well as employment,” she said.

Nubi advised other institutions in the country to key into the recycling project and add value to their community.

“For other universities it is important for us not to just dump our waste at dump site or landfill, let’s put value to it by getting people to sort it and recycle.

“We also carry out research work. We can now categorise our waste which includes more of plastic bottles.

“We have been able to raise between N4 and N5 million for the institution since the inception of the initiative and employ about 50 workers at the sorting centre in the institution.’’

Nubi said UNILAG was ready to collaborate with other institutions on the recycling project, so as to generate funds, create employment and add value to the education sector.

NAN reports that the institution’s string and recycling centre was established in 2015. (NAN)

SOURCE: https://brandspurng.com/unilag-generates-n5m-from-waste-recycling/

Lagos dirty sha

Operationalising the "waste to wealth" concept. That's a good feat.

I just like RECYCLING.
this is where maintenance and management comes in

That's nice

leading by example
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This is great.. We need to encourage recycling. It saves the environment from pollution


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Didn't read the Nonesense

Good one

Recycle the "hollow-shows" to ply a noble trade

E be like say I go start to park waste now ooo

Yoruba state doing the needful.

Watch dem gala sellers come with their no man's land consolation.

Yoruba dara.

muller101:
bigot it's too early for this

Flat head will you keep kwayet. If it's to insult Lagos with the flood incident, Na you go first enter.

I love this..

Various state government should encourage recycling.

the question is who buys this waste and what are those stinky things used for coz me ayam not understanding o

kn23h:
Yoruba state doing the needful.

Watch dem gala sellers come with their no man's land consolation.

Yoruba dara.

bigot it's too early for this

Mtsheeewww....... and yet, they still look for ways to siphon money from students.

unitedsurv:
the question is who buys this waste and what are those stinky things used for coz me ayam not understanding o

you better wise..

the same bottle water you bought and dumped in a Lagos traffic picked up by a madman and used by him for poo pooing and wee weeing and drinking for 3 months before eventually throwing it away was recycled and reprocessed into a food grade PET bottle for the table water you will buy tomorrow.

and that graduation gown and fake man united jersey you wore to church are made from fabrics generated from plastic flakes..


now.. will you still call them "stinking things"?

unitedsurv:
the question is who buys this waste and what are those stinky things used for coz me ayam not understanding o

Recycling companies use it as starting materials for the products we use daily. One reason is to cut costs. For instance, instead of using trees as materials for books, tissues etc. Simply buy old papers and recycle. Ditto electronic wastes, which firms buy a lot.

There is money in waste. Google Wecyclers, Waste Point Limited, Veolia, Suez Environnement.

Nice one. With such human population, their sewage can be made to generate cooking gas for use within the University Community as it is being piped to kitchens.

Our fct minister better go and learn how they are doing it.

UNILAG that is a money making school

Abeg use small out of that 5million to improve D degrading state of the sport centre biko

kn23h:
Yoruba state doing the needful.
Watch dem gala sellers come with their no man's land consolation.
Yoruba dara.

I'm Yoruba, sincerely you don't need this

kn23h:
Yoruba state doing the needful.

Watch dem gala sellers come with their no man's land consolation.

Yoruba dara.




Flat head will you keep kwayet. If it's to insult Lagos with the flood incident, Na you go first enter.

I'm sure your gbegiri was well garnished with stupidity

Adeyinka12:
I'm Yoruba, sincerely you don't need this

Keep kwayet. Go and reply dem illiterate fanyogo sellers calling you afonja everyday.

You can't be Yoruba, they aren't naturally dull as you.

Everybody wants to be Yoruba laaro yii

VanBommel:
I'm sure your gbegiri was well garnished with stupidity

Eh en. Is that all.

Did you at least drink water with your cemented apku?

ConcNiggress56:

you better wise..

the same bottle water you bought and dumped in a Lagos traffic picked up by a madman and used by him for poo pooing and wee weeing and drinking for 3 months before eventually throwing it away was recycled and reprocessed into a food grade PET bottle for the table water you will buy tomorrow.

and that graduation gown and fake man united jersey you wore to church are made from fabrics generated from plastic flakes..


now.. will you still call them "stinking things"?

is your borehole vrginity still up for sale

kn23h:
Yoruba state doing the needful.

Watch dem gala sellers come with their no man's land consolation.

Yoruba dara.




Flat head will you keep kwayet. If it's to insult Lagos with the flood incident, Na you go first enter.

u are extremely 5tupid. So if am against what u posted it means I am from the East.

MrPdtech:
Lagos dirty sha

must you ?

muller101:
u are extremely 5tupid. So if am against what u posted it means I am from the East.

You are extremely foolish. We can point out Biafrauds by the train tracks attached to their forehead. You're surely one of the lost ducks of Kanu's minions.

MrPdtech:
Lagos dirty sha

Onitsha is even more dirty. It's actually the dirtiest city in the world. Very dirty people.