Patrick developed the Recycles Pay Education Project in 2009 and collaborated with two regular companies – African Cleanup Initiative and Wecyclers, for a two-year partnership that lifted the burden of fee payment from parents, enabling them to exchange plastic bottles for tuition fees.
At Morit International School in Ajegunle, Lagos, one plastic bottle equals one naira, so parents bring a lot of plastic bottles to be weighed and sold,
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