Innovative loyalty scheme in Lagos offers electrical equipment, groceries and phone credit in return for rubbish.
Lagos, Nigeria's largest city, produces around 10,000 tonnes of waste every day.
To tackle the problem, working class neighbourhoods are being offered incentives to recycle rubbish.
An innovative loyalty scheme offers electrical equipment, groceries and phone credit in return for waste.
Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh reports from Lagos.
This report is the third and final part of Al Jazeera's Wasteful World special series, which looks at the increasing problems caused by humanity's massive production of waste and those looking to turn problems into profit.
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