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Did you know that the world generates around 350 million tons of plastic waste per year, and now produces twice as much as it did two decades ago?<\/p>\n
I think it is safe to say the world is in a terrible state environmentally, and it\u2019s all because of us humans. But a Nigerian woman is changing that \u2013 one piece of plastic waste at a time.<\/p>\n
Adejoke Lasisi, an economics graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, started a business converting waste \u2013 including water sachets, nylon items and textiles \u2013 into beautiful products that don\u2019t damage the environment.<\/p>\n
Reminiscing in a social media post about how she started her business a few years ago, Lasisi, from Ibadan in Nigeria, said she started weaving from the back of her home with one used loom.<\/p>\n
She later bought another used one. Owing to her business growing, in 2015 she managed to get five new looms, along with other weaving equipment and one sewing machine.<\/p>\n
Gradually she acquired more equipment, and by 2021 her business had expanded to other hubs and the number of looms she owned had increased to 22.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 2022, we purchased six additional sewing machines, a leather sewing machine, a tapping machine, and some other equipment.\u201d Lasisi said they were currently manufacturing 60 additional looms to be installed in their existing factory, located in a community in Ibadan, in Oyo State in Nigeria. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe this factory will create an additional 100 jobs for youths and women in Ibadan and Nigeria at large.\u201d She added that they were building a cr\u00e8che for the benefit of their workers who were also mothers, to enable them to work effectively and also to keep their children with them in a safe environment.<\/p>\n
*Williams is a multimedia journalist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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