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Trash to cash

May 9, 2016

Waste collection is hit and miss in some parts of Africa, so one man in Gabon decided to set up on his own refuse collection operation. It's a departure, but he hopes he will soon be making roads from old plastic.

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Lone figure on a mountain of trash
Image: DW/Marta Barroso