Ghana capital turns plastic waste into cheaper street paving

Ghana is transforming its plastic problems into paving blocks for its roads, sold below the price of concrete blocks. Behind this operation is Nelson Boateng, who graduated in computer network engineering, and was already manufacturing plastic bags and began transforming the same material into flooring.The plastic Ghana cannot containAccra, the capital of Ghana produces around 2,800 to 3,000 tons of solid waste per day and the plastic portion of this volume is estimated between 300 and 450 tons, according to data from the International Growth Centre. Academic works cited by Ghanaian researchers reach the same level of 300 tons of plastic per day just in the capital. But the problem isn't just the volume, it is also the destination.A large part of this material never reaches the recycling conveyor belt.