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Plastic waste gives life to water & classroom infrastructure in Mbalmayo, Cameroon

Through the Bottles to Bricks project, Environmentalist and Founder of Think Green - Ahmed Moumine has been able to give about 15,000 plastic waste bottles a second life by constructing a water...
A small town in Cameroon was filling up with plastic bottles. Environmental activist Ahmed Moumine used them to build new infrastructure for the town's school kids.
Beverly Ndifoin

Mandela Washington Fellow | Notre Dame University

April 11, 2023
Related Topics:
Justice, Plastic, Recycling & Upcycling, Water

Through the Bottles to Bricks project, Environmentalist and Founder of Think Green – Ahmed Moumine has been able to give about 15,000 plastic waste bottles a second life by constructing a water tank, classroom, and two toilets for Government Nursery and Primary School New Town, Quartier Haoussa, Mbalmayo in Yaounde, Cameroon. 

Producer: Beverly Ndifoin

Assistant Producer: Glen Amungwa

Translation: Dees Translation Service 

Logistics Manager: Fai Timothy 

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