Recycling lake litter, Ugandan makes innovative tourist boat

Recycling lake litter, Ugandan makes innovative tourist boat

Africa’s Lake Victoria is plagued by pollution and a decline in water levels partly due to climate change.

Recycling lake litter, Ugandan makes innovative tourist boat

Flowering plants rise as if by magic from Lake Victoria onto a wooden boat, giving it a leafy ambiance that enchants many visitors.

Recycling lake litter, Ugandan makes innovative tourist boat

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA (Associated Press) LUZIRA, Uganda (AP) — Flowering plants rise as if by magic from Lake Victoria onto a wooden boat, giving it a leafy ambiance that enchants many visitors. The initial attraction becomes more compelling when tourists to Uganda learn that the greenery emerges from an innovative recycling project which uses thousands of dirt-encrusted plastic bottles to anchor the boat. Former tour guide James Kateeba started b…

Load of rubbish: Ugandan makes innovative tourist boat

Former tour guide James Kateeba built the vessel in response to tons of plastic waste in Lake Victoria.

Recycling lake litter, Ugandan makes innovative tourist boat

LUZIRA, Uganda (AP) -- Flowering plants rise as if by magic from Lake Victoria onto a wooden boat, giving it a leafy ambiance that enchants many visitors.

Recycling lake litter, Ugandan makes innovative tourist boat

LUZIRA, Uganda (AP) — Flowering plants rise as if by magic from Lake Victoria onto a wooden boat, giving it a leafy ambiance that enchants many visitors. The initial attraction becomes more compelling when tourists to Uganda learn that the greenery emerges from an innovative recycling project which uses thousands of dirt-encrusted plastic bottles to […]