A pile of empty glass bottles. Such glass waste can be transformed into valuable resources. Copyright: Talpa from Pixabay
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Season 4, Episode 29
In this episode of Africa Science Focus, our reporter Bunmi Yekini speaks to Hammed Rauf, owner of Hamruf Global Limited, who transforms glass waste into valuable resources.
We also hear from Mufutau Adelotan, a user of the recycled glass, who shares insights on the product’s usefulness.
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Plaques made from waste glasses. Photo courtesy of Hammed Rauf.
Glass poses environmental and health risks when not managed properly. Is recycling alone sufficient to mitigate these risks and safeguard the environment and climate? Professor Ilemobayo Oguntimehin, professor of environmental dynamics and management, Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology in Okitipupa, Ondo, Nigeria, sheds light on this.
And Doyinsola Ogunye, climate activist and founder of the Recycling Scheme for Women and Youth Empowerment, shares her perspective on the recycling.
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This project was funded by the European Journalism Centre, through the Solutions Journalism Accelerator. The fund is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.
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This piece was produced by SciDev.Net’s Sub-Saharan Africa English desk.
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