In Ghana's capital, Accra, the streets are choked with trash and littered with plastic waste that blocks gutters and clogs storm drains.
Drinking water comes in sachets that cost a few cents. Cheap and convenient, they are sold in shops and by street hawkers. But once they have been drunk they are often simply dropped on the ground.
When British entrepreneur Stuart Gold saw Accra's plastic problem he recognized an opportunity for a business venture — an NGO that could clean up the streets and create jobs in the community.His idea was to collect discarded sachets, Two-and-a-half years later, Trashy Bags makes around 250 items a week and produces 350 different designs of bags, wallets and raincoats. |
