From plastic to desks: Mombasa youth-owned start ups feted for turning trash to cash

Twende Eco-Cycle's Lawrence Kosgei displays one of the chairs they made at Swahilipot in Mombasa. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

One of the most noxious forms of pollution in the wake of climate change is linked to plastic.

According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), an equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world's oceans, rivers, and lakes daily.