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Uganda’s plastic bottle dilemma

March 9, 2017

Without access to clean drinking water, millions of Ugandans buy water in plastic bottles, resulting in mountains of trash. In one village, women have found a way to turn the empty bottles into a building material.

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PET Plastikflaschen Recycling
Image: picture-alliance/dpa/D.Azubel

Uganda’s plastic bottle dilemma