Nigeria owes itself to Bilikiss Adebia, a businesswoman, MIT graduate and founder Wecyclers, to save from the debris crisis. Her project is a social initiative that inspires low-income Nigerians to sort their debris and turn it over to Wecyclers who cycling around the city.

Landfill problems in Lagos are not just words: 10,000 tons of waste daily poison the city soil and water. More than 60 per cent of local slum dwellers have no access to the municipal waste collection system. Thus, most of the city ' s population throws garbage on spontaneous dumps on the streets.

Wecyclers assist SMS participants in " call " trash, and then receive awards for this debris, depending on its weight. Interested glasses can be exchanged for prizes from household goods to daily use items.