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GreenCycle – Door-to-Door Waste-to-Compost Subscription for Estates
Problem: Urban estates in Nigeria generate tons of organic waste daily that ends up in overflowing dumpsites or gutters, causing flooding, disease, and foul odors, while small and medium farms pay high prices for imported or scarce fertilizer.
Solution: A subscription-based door-to-door collection service that picks up organic waste from households, turns it into high-quality compost at local hubs, and sells the compost directly to farms and urban gardeners at affordable prices.
How It Works:
- Residents in estates subscribe for ₦1,000–₦2,000/month and get a free branded bucket + weekly pickups (twice a week).
- Collectors (primarily women and youth) use branded tricycles to pick up sorted organic waste and drop recyclables at partner centers.
- Waste is processed at small solar-powered community composting hubs into odor-free, certified compost within 21–30 days.
- Compost is packaged and sold to peri-urban farmers, landscaping companies, and home gardeners at ₦5,000–₦7,000 per 25 kg bag (30–50% cheaper than imported brands).
- App for subscription, scheduling pickups, tracking impact (kg diverted), and buying compost.
Who It’s For: Middle-class estate residents who want clean compounds without hassle, youth looking for dignified green jobs, and vegetable/flower farmers needing affordable, reliable fertilizer.
Why It’s Cool: It turns a daily nuisance (smelly dustbins) into extra income for collectors and cheap fertilizer for farmers, keeps estates cleaner, reduces methane emissions, and creates hundreds of green jobs in every city it launches.
Execution Hint: Start with 2–3 high-income estates in Lagos (Lekki Phase 1, Ikoyi, or Magodo) where residents already pay private PSP operators, offer the first month free, and secure off-taker agreements with at least 20 farmers before launching the first hub.
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