Tag: Mckingtorch Africa
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Social innovator turns plastic waste into sandals
With a population of nearly 2.9 million, Accra is a rapidly growing capital, producing nearly 2,000 metric tons of waste each day, of which only an estimated 60% is collected. As a result, uncollected plastics obstruct the drainage systems, are burnt illegally, or end up in streams and the ocean, choking sea life and breaking…