Nigerian Entrepreneur Turning Plastic Waste into Usable Items 尼日利亚：塑料垃圾变废为宝
Olayemi Samson is a Nigerian entrepreneur. He is turning plastic waste into
useful things like clothing, school bags, car covers and shoes.
Samson says he is doing his part to fight pollution and support recycling
while making a style statement.
A World Bank report says the city of Lagos makes about 9,000 metric tons of
waste a day. Samson says part of that waste includes about 27 million plastic
water bags.
"This waste, it takes 20 to 30 years before they decay. Where are they going
to?"
Samson says that is when he came up with the idea of changing the waste into
something useful.
The first step in Samson's process is to collect the used bags from a
dumpsite. Then, he washes them. After that, he can begin to sew the bags
together, making car covers, school bags and other goods.
His latest recycled creation is a raincoat.
Some people cannot see past the history of Samson's creations. Emmanuel
Itiniyi of Lagos says the products are dirty.
He says, "I won't allow my child to wear it as a cloth to go to school or a
bag to go to school. It doesn't make any sense."
But others are more accepting, like Victor Anyaese.
"Yes I can use it because, seeing the picture, it looks lovely. But it
depends on the kind of outfit I am using it for. But I can use it probably for
leisure."
Samson's business is not profitable yet. But he hopes his work will help push
young people and people in power to protect the environment.
I'm Jonathan Evans.
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