Business News of Saturday, 24 July 2021Source: Praise NutakorNelson Boateng is a 36-year-old Ghanaian, building houses and producing pavement blocks with plastic waste in Ghana. With his recycling company, “Nelplast Ghana”, Nelson recycles plastic waste into other products. A Proud JourneyGlobally, about 8 million tons of plastic waste pollute the oceans every year, and millions of animals are killed by plastics, from birds to fish to other marine organisms. Ghana alone generates about 1 million tons of plastic waste annually but only about two percent of the country’s single-use plastic bottles are recycled. Realizing that the polythene bags still go back into the environment, Nelson decided to conduct extensive research, where he discovered how to add more value to plastic waste.

Source: GhanaWeb July 24, 2021 12:33 UTC