This company is turning old tyres into paving bricks, floor tiles, and even flip-flops

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The company says they have retrieved over 600,000 tyres, 400,000 of which have been recycled into new products.

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00:02 Before now, the majority of these tires you see around,

00:20 they waste away.

00:21 And this is source of wealth, from waste to wealth.

00:26 A lot of people have been imparted at the factory.

00:29 You can see how many people are working there.

00:32 They are earning their source of livelihood there.

00:35 It's a great thing.

00:36 And the products they make from there, they can sell locally,

00:41 and they can sell internationally.

00:42 Now we have solution for insulation.

00:45 We have solution for transportation flooring

00:48 as well.

00:48 And now we are also moving into the sustainable fashion space.

00:51 We are rolling out our flip-flops

00:53 made from the same recycled tires.

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01:18 Not recycling our waste tires and disposing of them properly

01:22 actually causes huge threat to our environment.

01:26 Over time, because the tires are non-bulky,

01:28 we spend so much time on our dump sites.

01:30 And you see in major dump sites, what happens over time

01:33 is to make space for new waste, for new solid waste,

01:36 we usually have to resort to burning them.

01:38 And burning them will release CO2 emissions as well as

01:41 other greenhouse gases, which are quite detrimental

01:45 to our climate.

01:46 And also some of the tires we've discovered

01:48 end up in our drainages.

01:49 And during the raining season, this

01:51 contributes to flooding in some areas,

01:53 especially in major cities like Lagos.

01:55 And then you also have piles of tires,

01:57 stockpiles in waste grounds.

02:00 Over time, they collect waters.

02:01 And this becomes a breeding ground for mosquitoes.

02:03 And then you have a huge surge in the spread of malaria.

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