Recycling Scheme for Women and
Youth Empowerment (RESWAYE)
This is a buy-back program that
empowers women and youths (above 16 years) through
collection, aggregation and recycling of plastic waste. It
is a solution that focuses on combating the menace of
plastic pollution in the coastal areas of Lagos State with
future plans to extend the solution to other coastal states
in Nigeria.
We want to contribute to reducing marine pollution in Nigeria
The RESWAYE initiative will reduce marine plastic pollution in Nigeria as these coastal communities are the major site for the influx of plastic into the ocean, leading to transboundary marine plastic pollution. It will provide a cleaner and more sustainable environment while promoting financial independence among the users. It will also create a more sustainable community through
waste management initiatives and advocacy, focused on recycling, upcycling, sustainable packaging and litter reduction in the waterways.
The Problem
The RESWAYE program identifies nine (9) major problems across three (3) theme areas that it would be focusing on through this intervention. These problem areas are:Who We Are
- RESWAYE is one of the biggest women-network recyclers on the coastline of the West Africa continent, empowering over 2000 Women and Youths to create sustainable wealth and income/improve livelihood
- This pioneer women-led solution in sub-saharan Africa focuses on the recovery and reduction of marine plastic pollution through direct sourcing of plastic from the ocean and coastal communities, thus creating decent work for low income women in low income communities
- We focus on reducing plastic pollution in our marine environment to cut down the endangerment of marine life, businesses, erosion and flood control in our local communities and globally
Our Partners
The RESWAYE program identifies nine (9) major problems across three (3) theme areas that it would be focusing on through this intervention. These problem areas are:
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