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Research shows that Nigeria generates about 32 million tonnes of waste annually, of which 2.5 million tonnes is plastic waste. With less than 30% of solid waste properly disposed of, waste management in the country is becoming alarming every day.

Plastics are durable, lightweight, and inexpensive, which has led to their widespread use in a variety of products. However, these same properties also make plastic difficult to degrade, and as a result, plastic waste can persist in the environment for centuries.

On Wednesday, April 5, 2023, The Green Campus Project, an initiative of a recycling company - Recycledge in Ibadan and fully sponsored by SWEEP foundation and Coca-Cola Foundation was held at the Trenchard Hall in the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State.
The project was led by the student union in collaboration with the Council of Faculty Presidents, JCIN UI, and SDGs Hub UI.




The project aims to awaken every member of the university to the problem of poor waste management and also to recover PET bottles through the installation of receptacles at designated locations within the school campus.


Speaking with the president of the National Association of Agricultural Students, University of Ibadan, Mr. Afolabi Nasirudeen, popularly known as Nas, a 500l student of the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development -and also the chairman of the Council of Faculty Presidents; He expressed his excitement to be a part of this project as a lover of a sustainable environment.


When asked about his thought about the project and what the whole process of delivering the receptacle was like, He said "The Green Campus Project is a very laudable project that I would implore every single person to be a part of, a clean and safe environment is a thing that would benefit every single one of us. So we should not just see it as another project but one that every one of us has to get involved in".

"Delivering the receptacles to the different destinations was a very heinous task, starting from the hurdles we had in securing a bus that can carry the receptacles as they are very big, by the time we were able to secure the bus, it was a Saturday, most people were not on campus, so it was just the SU president, the drivers and I that had to do the work, - loading and offloading the receptacles, moving round the school to deliver them to all the faculties.
 

We took 6 trips before we could carry and distribute the remaining 18 receptacles to their different destinations, we were in the process from around 10 am to past 6 pm, so it was very tedious work but because it’s all a part of service to humanity and a part of what we signed up for, we cannot complain, the delivery process was fun nevertheless".




 In a bid to mobilize activeness for the Plastic Waste Recovery movement, the team behind the project chose ambassadors in each Faculty to be the flagbearers. Hence, the Faculty of Agriculture nominated two Agronomy students and a Crop Protection and Environmental Student who are interested in environmental sustainability to be the leaders of this change making innovation. 

Their names go thus: Aremu Aramide Rodiat (400L), Olaleye Gbemisola Zeenat (400L) and Odeyinka Akeem (500L) respectively..

So, Greatest Naasite, let's do our best to dispose our plastics in the receptacles and make the task easy for the ambassadors. Remember that this is a collective effort and will go a long way in saving Mother Earth.

And just a little icing you might love; This project is designed in a way that the faculty with the highest mass of collected bottles will go home with a cash prize at the end of the year. 

We hope to bring the win home!

Toni.
300l

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