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We should reward hustlers for improvisation and saving our planet

One of the hallmarks of hustling is improvisation and waste reduction. Hustlers are forever looking for alternative uses for containers, wrappers and even ordinary items like charcoal.

What the affluent consider garbage is gold, particularly for rural hustlers. Oil cans become lamps with pieces of old blankets as wicks. Old plastic oil containers become water containers. There’s brisk business for such containers in dry parts of Kenya. 

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