Entrepreneur dreams up a win-win solution to one aspect of environmental pollution
Used car tyres at the Freetown waste management recycle factory in Ibadan, Nigeria, on September 17 2021. Picture: REUTERS/TEMILADE ADELAJA In Nigeria, a country heavily reliant on revenues from its oil exports, entrepreneur Ifedolapo Runsewe has identified another type of black gold: used car tyres.
“We are able to create an entire value chain around the tyres,” she said, holding a paving brick that is one of the company’s best-selling products. Some tyres are also supplied directly by mechanics, like Akeem Rasaq, who is delighted to have found a place where he can make some money from old tyres.
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