U-Recycle Initiative Africa, one of Africa’s largest youth-led environmental non-governmental organisations (NGOs), has relaunched the #iAmPlasticWize Challenge, a pioneering gamified web application in Nigeria aimed at empowering university students with the knowledge and skills to develop innovative solutions to plastic pollution. The relaunch comes amid growing concerns over the global plastic waste crisis. More than 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced worldwide every year, yet less than 10 per cent is successfully recycled. This imbalance has made plastic pollution one of the fastest-growing environmental threats globally, especially in rapidly...