STATEWIDE WASTE AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION
TRAINING + EDUCATION + ADVOCACY
SWEEP Foundation works to promote the sustainable development goals through through advocacy, training and monitoring on projects and initiatives that promote and improve access to social and economic opportunities for people especially women/youth, while driving community engagement in environment and waste management using innovative Behaviour Change (BC) methodology.
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ADVOCACY
Through town hall meetings, conferences, workshops, sporting activities are organized at intervals to discuss challenges to sustainable waste management regime.
TRAININGS
Conducted periodically to educate and up-date the capacity of stakeholders and members of the general public by enhancing them with new tactics and additional skills in waste prevention.
MONITORING
Activities are routinely carried out across our different communities to ensure widespread observance of sustainable sanitation standards.
SANITATION
Community clean-up outreaches are carried out at intervals with the aim of promoting clean, green and sustainable communities while sensitising the communities .
Our Core Programs
Waste Management Training
Environmental Sanitation
Waste-to-Energy
Waste-to-Wealth
Community Advocacy
Recycling
Our Future and Now
SWEEP Foundation is a social enterprise committed to addressing environmental and waste management issues, and taking action to improve the environment through waste and environmental education programs. SWEEP helps communities develop skills to make informed and responsible decisions affecting their immediate environment.
The overall goal of the foundation is to promote sustainable environment and waste reduction, prevention and management education, waste to wealth training activities aimed at providing health and social benefits and form a greater sense of empowerment that will expand into everyday life.
Enhancing environmental sustainability by harnessing and nurturing individual and corporate citizens desire to acquire waste management skills and entrepreneurial education in the areas of Waste Management, Recycling, Waste-to-Energy, Waste-to-Wealth, Community Advocacy, and Environmental Sanitation.
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Sweep Featured Initiatives
THE LAGOS WASTE FORUM
The Lagos Waste Forum is a High Level Citizens Forum on Waste Reduction, an initiative of SWEEP Foundation in partnership with Coca-Cola Company and LAWMA to co-create strategies to drive a Circular Economy in Nigeria. Aptly tagged the “Future of Waste Forum” it has drawn the widest variety of sustainability professionals. The forum is focused on the active participation of the community individually and collectively in waste reduction as a solution in the fight against municipal wastes disposal and management in Lagos State.
WASTE IN THE CITY
The “Waste In The City” is a statewide initiative driving community by community grassroots involvement in environmental sanitation, advocacy by promoting support for the environmental sustainability. Our goal is to promote widespread environmental and waste management education, and is a direct response to the growing challenges of plastic and other domestic waste constituting environmental nuisance to public spaces especially in Lagos state.
THE GREEN CAMPUS PROJECT
“The Green Campus Project” is a university community recyclable waste reduction project that will establish sustainable recyclable drop-off points (recycle Banks) and deployment of mobile recyclable collection receptacles across six (6) selected University campuses while, at the same time, providing sustainable livelihood opportunities for students, women and youth resident around target campus communities.
EKO BEACH RACE
Tagged a race against ocean plastic pollution, Eko Beach Race is a sustainable initiative harnessing the power of sport tourism to address ocean plastic pollution. Eko Beach Race is designed to drive youth communities involvement in environmental awareness and sanitation, promote environmental sustainability, sport tourism and support for government’s sport, tourism and waste management policy.
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SWEEP Foundation to unveil “Time to Recycle” in Atlanta Georgia
"Time to Recycle" is a coming together of citizens to amplify actions promoting environmentally sustainable and climate friendly communities through waste recycling. The campaign will be unveiled in Atlanta Georgia, United States on the 30th January 2024 in...
SWEEP, TCCF Collaborate On “Green Campus Project”
Each day, we collectively face environmental and social challenges that impact people around the world. One of these is the challenge of proper waste management, a challenge that requires bold solutions. To help address this challenge, The Coca-Cola Foundation (TCCF)...
SWEEP FOUNDATION TO LAUNCH “THE GREEN CAMPUS PROJECT”
THE GREEN CAMPUS PROJECT WILL PROMOTE RECYCLING AND ADDRESS PLASTIC WASTE POLLUTION ON CAMPUS The Green Campus Project is an initiative developed by SWEEP Foundation and funded with grants from The Coca Cola Foundation. The project hopes to among other things, Help...
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July
Unveiling of the Green Campus Project in University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus
We are set to unveil Green Campus Project in University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus. More Details
05
April
SWEEP FOUNDATION TO LAUNCH “THE GREEN CAMPUS PROJECT”
The Green Campus Project is an initiative developed by SWEEP Foundation and funded with grants from The Coca Cola Foundation. More Details
28
Jan
Waste in the City
The “Waste In The City” is a statewide initiative driving community by community grassroots involvement in environmental sanitation, advocacy by promoting support for the environmental sustainability. More Details
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Improving communities and their environment by involving citizens in the evacuation of wastes from markets, motor parks, Road sides, clearing of blocked drainages e.t.c, planting of tress around public spaces, house to house advocacy campaign.
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41, James Robertson Street
By Surulere LGA Secretariat
Surulere, Lagos.
statewidewasteprogram@gmail.com
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