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Group turns pain of plastic waste into eco-friendly school furniture

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Twende Green Eco-cycle Production Manager Lawrance Kosgei tries out a school desk made from plastic waste. [Omondi Onyango, Standard]

A group of youth in Mombasa is making desks using plastic waste, thereby reducing the plastic waste menace, creating jobs, saving trees, and solving the problem of inadequate furniture in primary schools.

The co-founders of the Twende Green Eco-cycle say the desks are comfortable but also 20 per cent cheaper than those made from timber. The group plans to expand and supply desks countrywide.

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