General News of Wednesday, 27 March 2019Source: Myjoyonline.comDiagio, other top brands form alliance to tackle plastic waste in AfricaConcrete blocks made with plasticGuinness Ghana Breweries PLC’s parent company Diageo has co-founded the Africa Plastics Recycling Alliance to collaborate on plastics recycling and reprocessing in Sub-Saharan Africa. Diageo is partnering with other consumer goods multinationals including; Unilever, The Coca Cola Company, Promisador and Nestlé to launch the Africa Plastics Recycling Alliance. This Alliance aims to turn the current challenge of plastic waste in Sub Saharan Africa into jobs and commercial activity by improving the collection and recycling of plastics. They will share knowledge, encourage innovation and collaborate on technical and other solutions appropriate for Sub-Saharan Africa as well as participate in local pilot initiatives. Collaboration within and across markets will be key to success so we are proud to launch the Africa Plastics Recycling Alliance today to increase those efforts and play our part as companies in finding solutions that work for Africa,” the Africa Plastics Recycling Alliance has said.

Source: GhanaWeb March 26, 2019 22:52 UTC