From landfill to school bags, plastic waste gets second life in Ugandan capital

(30 Jul 2023)
UGANDA PLASTIC UPCYCLING
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Kampala, Uganda – 15 June 2023
1. Aerial shot of Kiteezi Landfill ++MUTE++
2. Zoom out of man walking on mounds of plastic waste
3. Mid of person rummaging through plastic waste
4. Close of plastic waste
5. Mid of person picking plastic bags
6. Various of plastic waste
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Nsangi, Wakiso - Uganda – 30 June 2023
7. Various setup shots of Cyrus Kiggundu, founder, Kibajjo Agro-Processors, using his phone
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Cyrus Kiggundu, founder, Kibajjo Agro-Processors:
"The plastic waste problem has caused a very big, significant effect to the Ugandan environment and the whole ecosystem at large, especially due to the increasing population, the statistics are also increasing."
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Kampala, Uganda – 15 June 2023
9. Wide of heaps of plastic wastes
10. Mid of delivery workers pushing sack of plastics
11. Mid of delivery trucks at Kiteezi landfill
12. Various of people sorting plastic waste
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Rogers Kayemba, plastic waste reseller:
“I can collect like 190kg (420 pounds) per-day, so if you calculate, you can’t imagine the real measure, the years we have lasted in this area because I have taken three years on this ground.”
14. Aerial shot of people sorting plastic ++MUTE++
15. Various of Shamim Naluyima, founder of Edu-Plastics
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Nsangi, Wakiso - Uganda – 15 June 2023
16. Various setup shots of Naluyima in her office
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Shamim Naluyima, founder, Edu-Plastics:
“The problem is really too big that even the recycling rate in Uganda is only 1%. There are no solutions that can solve plastic, and yet we have a lot of companies that produce plastic, but we have few companies that recycle plastic or give plastic a second life.”
18. Pan left of polythene bags at Edu-plastic stores
19. Various of polythene bags being washed
20. Various of polythene bags being dried
21. Various of bags being ironed
22. Various of bags made from polythene bags
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Shamim Naluyima, founder, Edu-Plastics:
“We have a group of women, here, in my community, that really do the sorting and the washing and the drying, so after that, we then we bring it to our first production centre, where we fuse the plastic to come up with a sustainable material like this one, so this is a material that we later cut and then come up with the bags, which bags later, such as bags like this. So this is our school bag. It's waterproof, it’s durable, it’s sustainable, and it is locally handmade.”
24. Various of Naluyima and tailor
25. Various of tailor working on bag
26. Close of school bag label, reading (English): "I am your everyday bag that loves and respects Earth and people. By owning me, you have helped in upcycling 15 plastic bags."
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Nyondo, Mpigi, Uganda – 30 June 2023
27. Mid of Kyaffe Junior School sign
28. Close of label on school bag, reading (English): "We believe in a clean, safe green environment. Do not litter to protect Mother Earth. Made out of 15 plastic bags."
29. Mid of school bags
30. Close of teacher
31. Various of students studying in classroom
32. SOUNDBITE (English) Florence Namukasa, teacher, Kyaffe Junior School:
33. Various of children studying
34. Various of children outside school
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Nsangi, Wakiso, Uganda – 15 June 2023
35. SOUNDBITE (English) Cyrus Kiggundu, founder, Kibajjo Agro-Processors:
36. Aerial shot of Kiteezi ++MUTE++

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From a distance, this landfill looks like a rock formation.









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