She was accepted to study for a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Her initial idea was to increase the quantity of waste she could collect from households by offering them raffle tickets in exchange.
Lagos produces 9,000 tons of waste per day and the authority was trying to double the proportion that was recycled from the 18% figure in 2011.
Wecyclers use modified tricycles that enable the collection of rubbish from places where normal vehicles cannot reach,[8] gathering waste from thousands of households.
[13] In 2017, Abebiyi stepped down as the CEO of Wecyclers to become the Managing Director of the Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK).
[18] Fela Akinse and Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola were the only two Nigerians listed in Africa among top five waste recycling entrepreneurs in 2020.
[19] Wecycler's partners include FCMB, DHL, Unilever, Oracle, Nigerian Bottling Company and MIT Sloan School of Management.