This will have devastating effects on the entire natural ecosystem if no action is taken to control plastic waste leaking into the ocean. Though in its infancy, Africa’s plastic waste management is largely buoyed by the necessity to create local solutions to local challenges. In Kenya, Lorna Rutto through her company Eco-post, has created thousands of fencing posts, road signs and furniture from plastic waste, removing more than 2.5 million kilos of plastic waste from the environment. In yet another example, a Kenyan firm has recently put up a plant that converts end of life of plastic waste, into commercial synthetic fuel oil. Plastic management overall is not a responsibility that can be placed on a single institution, person or country.

Source: Standard Digital May 02, 2017 16:30 UTC