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Eco-entrepreneur making a fortune from plastic poles

Victor Ooko goes through a process called mixing where different plastic material and recycled waste are mixed to detect metals so that they can be removed from that waste. [Silas Otieno, Standard]

Inside the factory, a mild explosion occurs followed by a plume of smoke. A little sparking follows, and finally, out of the extruder machine's barrel, a man pulls out a plastic pole.

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