Photos: Recycled Bolga baskets

Godwin and baskets

A selection of photos of the recent recycled Bolga baskets from Bolgatanga in Ghana at Trashy Bags in Accra. . . . → Read More: Photos: Recycled Bolga baskets

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Dirty Ghana Video!

This is what CNN had to show about Trashy Bags (hint, click the link for brilliant images about the problem): When British entrepreneur Stuart Gold saw Accra’s plastic problem he recognized an opportunity for a business venture — an NGO that could clean up the streets and create jobs in the community. . . . → Read More: Dirty Ghana Video!

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Trashy in Name Only

Bolga Baskets: Each basket uses 170 pure water plastic bags on average, and about 1.7 yards of recycled cloth, that would otherwise be burnt along with the plastic. . . . → Read More: Trashy in Name Only

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My Silent Goaty Oaty Oaty Oaty Oaty

If you would rather enjoy your plastic on the outside, then take a twenty minute trip to Trashy Bags in Accra where plastic is recycled into brilliant, handmade bags and purses. . . . → Read More: My Silent Goaty Oaty Oaty Oaty Oaty

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A Plastic Bag, by Any Other Name…

A stroll along any road in virtually any city or village in Ghana invites ugly scenes: plastic rubbish virtually everywhere. It’s one of the major complaints tourists have about traveling in Ghana. . . . → Read More: A Plastic Bag, by Any Other Name…

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