Nelson Boateng: Tackling Ghana’s Menace of Plastic Waste
Nelson: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! Ghana produces over 1.5 million tons of plastics waste annually and only 5% to 7 % is ever found and recycled. Nelplast collects all kinds of plastic waste with the exception of PVC pipes, mixes it with sand, carbon black, and organic pigment, and uses sand-poly extrusion method to produce affordable construction materials like lego bricks, pillar mold bricks, pavement tiles, and bricks. We have over 300 women working on collection and sorting. We also have nine women working in the factory.