Kenyan Women Make Bags From Recycled Plastic

Kenyan women make recycled plastic bags in Nairobi, Sept. 10, 2012. Over three hundred women in Kenya are working with a project named “Tosheka Textiles”. This project conducts a recycling programe to sell the handcrafted, durable, fashionable bags that Tosheka’s women producers make from the recycled plastic bags. This innovative project is intended to raise the consciousness, demonstrate the benefits, promote the participation of the masses in recycling and provide sustainable income to hundreds of people in need.

A Kenyan woman makes a recycled plastic bag in Nairobi, Sept. 10, 2012. <Xinhua/Ding Haitao>

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