Video: Building classrooms from plastic waste in Diepsloot
Local NGO turns plastic waste into eco-bricks
Diepsloot township in Johannesburg is rife with poverty, unemployment - and a lot of plastic litter. But, thanks to a local NGO, community members are making eco-bricks with this waste to build classrooms.
Adel van Niekerk spoke to Diana Musara of Khensani’s Collection who is leading this endeavour.
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