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Trashy Bags Africa

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Trashy Bags Africa: Sachet Waste Sewn Into Style

Waste & Recycling

🇬🇭 Ghana

A Ghanaian sewing workshop turns the drinking-water sachets that choke Accra's gutters and beaches into bags, wallets and accessories, paying collectors and seamstresses for waste most people just step over.

30MsachetsSachets recycled since founding
200ksachets/monthSachets collected monthly
40employeesPeople employed
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