Nappies, games and desks
From reusable nappies to plastic desks - clever ways to cut waste and recycle.
Myra Anubi looks at three solutions connected to the “three Rs” – reduce, reuse and recycle. The city of Brussels is in the process of moving all 40 municipal nurseries over to reusable nappies – and have managed to do it without their staff kicking up a stink! Also - energy companies around the world have found ways to encourage customers to reduce their consumption by making it fun, and lastly we meet Makafui Awuku in Ghana - a man on a mission to turn used plastic into school desks.
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Presenter: Myra Anubi
Producer: William Kremer
Ghana reporter: Justice Baidoo
Editor: Jon Bithrey
Sound mix: Hal Haines
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- Tue 22 Sep 202607:06GMTBBC World Service
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