DHL Express, the leading international express and logistics company, recently donated a van to Wecyclers, a Lagos based environmental social enterprise as part of its corporate social responsibility activities for the year.
At the handover event held at the DHL Nigeria head office in Lagos, Randy Buday, DHL country manager, said: “Caring for our environment is something we are passionate about at DHL.
Over the years we have participated in and supported several initiatives targeted at creating a sustainable environment. Our partnership with Wecyclers further affirms our commitment and we hope that this donation will serve as a major boost to their operations.”
Wecyclers is a company determined to fix the urban waste management system in Nigeria.
It is focused on giving low-income communities in developing countries a chance tocreate value from waste and clean up their neighborhoods through an incentive-based recycling program
According to Bilikiss Adebiyi, chief executive officer of Wecyclers, said, “Our model solves the urban waste challenge for households and recyclers. Wecyclers uses a fleet of low-cost cargo bicycles to offer convenient household recycling services in densely populated low-income neighborhoods. We motivate families to recycle plastic bottles, plastic sachets, and aluminum cans through our SMS-based incentive program.”
Households that have subscribed to Wecyclers receive a weekly visit from its collectors, who weigh the waste, log the amount and take it to Wecycler hubs. Two hubs have been created to date in convenient locations.
Bilikiss who worked at IBM Corporation as a software engineer for 5 years, holds an MBA from MIT Sloan as well as an MA in Computer Science from Vanderbilt University, moved back home to solve Nigeria’s waste problem a few years ago.
She was full of thanks to DHL for their significant donation and support in terms of training for her team.
DHL is part of Deutsche Post DHL. The Group generated revenue of more than 55 billion euros in 2013.