Nigerian Launches Waste Museum for Recycled Tyres
Sep 21, 2022
Jumoke Olowookere, a U.S. Consulate’s Academy for Women Entrepreneurs graduate, is running a waste museum where end-of-life tyres (ELT)s are given a second life in Ibadan, the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano. The waste museum is the first of its kind in Nigeria.
Olowookere Running a Waste Museum
Olowookere’s foray into upcycling started as a holiday camp with about 33 students, where she taught tyre upcycling in 2012.
“The first time I ran the event, I had over 33 students; they came for two weeks. By the time I was through that holiday camp, I knew I would continue with upcycling because I explored all kinds of waste upcycling, including used tyres,” she told Tyre and Rubber Recycling.
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