Learning about zero waste 13,053 kilometres away from home

Moustapha, Binta- Techwomen 2014 Intern from Nigeria at www.sfgov.org.

Meet Moustapha, Binta

A teacher by profession and avid learner, with educational background in Science education. Binta has interests ranging from: promoting STEM education for young Nigerian learners especially girls; promoting a second chance for young married girls and women at acquiring formal education through structured programmes to initiating sustainable environmental projects such as waste to wealth initiatives as a tool for creating employment for underprivileged members of the society.Binta is a married mother of four children.

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ME AND MY GIRLS

Interesting facts about Nigeria

Nigeria-West Africa

• Africa’s most populated country with over 160 million people• Countries name derived from west Africa's longest and largest

river- The river Niger covers a distance of about 2,600 miles• Nigeria boasts as being the most appropriate habitat of the

largest diversity in the world of butterflies, the most colorful creatures-(especially in the regions of Calabar-Cross River State)

• Five hundred and fifty-two languages are spoken in the country with English as the official language for all administrative purposes.

• Home to Africa's longest bridge measuring 11.8kilometres• World’s 12th largest crude oil producer and 8th largest exporter

with an average production of 2,525,000 barrels daily. 10th

largest proven reserves of petroleum worldwide

ZERO WASTE-THE SAN FRANCISCO DEFINITION

ZERO WASTE IS

• Sending nothing to landfill or incineration

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cpg8qA2jdys#t=0

VERSUS

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WASTE MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA-CASE STUDY OF LAGOS

LAGOS STATE-NIGERIA

A BRIEF ABOUT LAGOS

• Lagos is a port city and the most populous city in Nigeria, it prides its self as the center of excellence with an estimated population ranging from 17-21 Million

• Lagos has made several efforts towards managing waste and therefore the other states in the country raw an inspiration from the city

IAM HERE TO LEARN

I AM STILL LEARNING ABOUT ZERO WASTE