A Ugandan Entrepreneur Converts 142 Tons of Plastic Into Tiles and Reduces Emissions by Generating Local Employment

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In Gulu, northern Uganda, plastic not only appears in bags and bottles lying on the street. It often ends up burning in the open because there is a lack of collection and recycling systems that work, with smoke entering homes and markets. What if that residue, instead of being a problem, was a building material? That’s what Takataka Plastics, a project driven by engineer Paige Balcom and her partner Peter Okwoko, is proving. The idea is easy to …