Lagos, Nigeria’s economic hub, with a population of more than 15 million, generates an estimated 12,000 metric tonnes of waste daily, which comes to about 4.3 million tonnes of waste annually. This ends up on the streets and in the city’s four officially designated landfills.
These sites support thousands of people who search through what’s discarded for materials with resale value. Our survey of two landfill sites discovered a total of about 2,800 waste pickers – men and women.
