By Peter Egwuatu

U-Recycle Initiative Africa, a youth-led Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, has trained over twenty thousand youths across four federal universities in Nigeria through the second edition of its flagship multi-year initiative for universities, called PlasticWize 2.0.

The NGO is advancing environmental education, circular economy solutions, and climate action across Africa.

Through PlasticWize 2.0, themed, “Redefining Sustainable Campuses in Africa,” U-recycle initiative.

Africa empowers students to lead localised environmental and climate solutions, with a strong focus on long-term systemic and behavioural change, positioning young people at the centre of Africa’s sustainability transition to circular economy systems, even in educational institutions.