Turning trash into building blocks for children's futures
GONZAGUEVILLE, Côte d'Ivoire, 6 September 2018 – Every day, Côte d'Ivoire’s economic capital of Abidjan produces 288 tonnes of plastic waste, most of which ends up in landfills in low-income communities like Gonzagueville, polluting the air, land, sea and children’s playgrounds. Only about 5% is recycled, mostly informally by women like Adja who…