23 Jun 2023 --- WasteAid, a UK-based environmental and development charity, has launched a plastic recycling initiative in The Gambia to boost the country’s circular economy and support the local population with waste collection and recycling. In the project, the charity will partner with recycling company Plastics Recycling Gambia, which was launched by young Gambian entrepreneur Alieu Sowe. It is funded by the Norwegian Retailers’ Environment Fund (NREF). Marie Krubally, WasteAid’s NREF project manager, says: “We’re excited to be working with private sector entrepreneurs like Plastics Recycling Gambia to help solve a critical environmental problem. Plastic waste is causing a major environmental crisis in The Gambia, and this initiative will divert more than 140 metric tons of plastic diverted away from landfill each year.”
