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All waste materials are recycled in Nigeria, from polythene to plastics and papers, but damaged / used vehicle tyres are not. Then I decided to innovate along this area. Mobile Kitchen Garden MKG initiative. This was bore out of the fact that used vehicle tyres causes a lot of menace in Nigeria, ranging from burning on the road when vehicles breaks down, used for burning refuse which influence global warming and cause environmental damage, used for dangerous game by children, obstruct drainages, litter the streets, breeds mosquitos to mention but a few, these and many more made me see reasons why I need to get the tyres out of our roads and streets for a more productive and economic use. Due to the tediousness of the project which needed a lot of man power, I decided to go through the children because of: 1. Their population 2. They are excited and happy doing it – not seeing themselves too big to pick used tyres to work on them 3. Their minds are opened to learning After harnessing these tyres from the streets, we cut the top of the tyres, seal one end of it with ?used poultry feed sacks? and sticks, after sealing, we load it with good loamy soil, we add dead leaves as fertilizer and leave it for a week to decompose, after which we plant our vegetables. The children are happy doing this aside the little income they get from it, they are very excited seeing their gardens grow. Note: 1. We employed local content initiative, that is, all the materials used for the garden were gotten from the communities. 2. It is mobile because when the rain or sun is much, you can move it to a better location. |
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Creative and amazing way to reuse those tyres.Hope this initiative will be sucessfull there.all the best Sipasi and thanks for sharing. :)
Posted 14-02-2016 14:25
Simple, Easy & very innovative, Olalekan. Excellent usage of waste tyres.
Posted 13-02-2016 18:19
Thank you Anthony, we need to step up our games here in Nigeria to clean some abnormalities.
I would like to work closely with you.
Kindly chat me up on whatsapp +2348066979292
Posted 13-02-2016 00:13
Thank you Bindu ,
Children are the best form of sustainable development, if only we could take them through the course of the solution.
Posted 13-02-2016 00:11
Thank you Aabha Pokharel,
I promise to share more of my ideas, innovations and learning
Posted 13-02-2016 00:08
This is great Olalekan. Used Tyres in Nigeria serve only the purpose of burning but your idea of a mobile garden is great. Kudos brother. What I love most is that you involved children. I am an advocate of catch them young. Nice work. I will keep sharing.
Posted 12-02-2016 01:52
Dear Sipasi, you are truly inspiring and innovative. I salute your contribution by making the best use of used tyres which otherwise would have caused some environmental problems by misuse. Involving children is a fantastic idea as their energy and enthusiasm is applaud able.
Thank you for sharing your initiative with us. Keep inspiring the world :)
Posted 11-02-2016 20:20
dear brother you are doing really amazing work.
you're awesome )
thanks for sharing :)
Posted 11-02-2016 18:21
dear brother you are doing really amazing work.
you're awesome )
thanks for sharing :)
Posted 11-02-2016 18:20
Yeah its really good to see such a initiative for recycling damaged vehicles tyres and mobile garden is really praisable..
Great work indeed
Thank you for sharing .
Posted 11-02-2016 17:29
Thank you Syed , if young people continue to think productively, our world would be a better place
Posted 11-02-2016 16:52
This is really amazing Olalekan. Great to see your creativity being used to bring in so many positive changes in the society. I wish you all the best for your initiative! :)
Posted 11-02-2016 04:19
Thank you Reshma
Posted 11-02-2016 02:04
Wow! really creative idea of recycling tyres as a mobile garden :D Great job indeed. Thanks for sharing. :) It 'll feel great when beautiful flowers bloom in it.
Posted 10-02-2016 23:23