WASTE TO WEALTH

WASTE TO WEALTH

Do you know we can actually make money from waste and also save the environment from the filth and refuse in our communities?

Yes, we can save the environment by turning our waste into wealth.

Refuse waste has become a thing of concern to both government and inhabitants of areas filled with filth, as it may spread diseases and endanger the lives of residents.

But unfortunately, most of these waste are non-degradable, that is waste products and packaging materials which cannot be  decomposed chemically or biologically, and that is why environmental enthusiasts are clamoring for ways to recycle these waste and turn them into wealth.

Now we have a story of a young man, a 19 year-old man who invented a waste to wealth machine.

Emeka Nelson is a student of community secondary school Umuorbu Awka in Anambra, south East Nigeria. He proffers solutions to disposal of waste in his community, and creates wealth in the process.

His innovation “a waste to wealth machine” recycles non-biodegradable wastes like polythene, plastic etc. The machine converts these waste to refineable oil from which petrol kerosene and diesel can be gotten.

Emeka is one among several other students from across Nigeria who participated in the 2015 edition of the NTA ETV (Nigerian Television Authority-Educational TV programme) for Art, Science and Technology Exhibition, where other participants designed cars, vans and many other products from waste.

Brilliant young minds like Emeka Nelson is what our communities needs and should encouraged as the working principles of his machine leaves us only with useful bye-products from which interlocks for construction purposes can be made.

Emeka explains how his machine works in this video downloaded on the NTA website.

Meanwhile, government at all levels have appealed to individuals and communities to maintain cleanliness of their environment and save them the huge cost spent on illnesses.

NAHIMAT ADEKOGA