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- Everyone gets involved. Since everyone wants to take part, it’s also fun.
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- Waste accumulated over decades – definitely no easy task.
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- Children fill empty plastic bottles with soft plastic waste. These will later be used as eco bricks for constructing urban furnishings within the community
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- A girl helps free the shoreline from waste to make space for later urban greening.
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- Waste is separated into hard and soft plastic with the aid of a sieve
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- Children clean the area from the waste which was brought in by residents to protect houses from flooding. The large amount of rubbish means that children often have a hard time finding public spaces to play in.
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- Women and young people work together to put waste into bags.
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- After waste has been collected, children help carrying it away.
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- Waste is taken to the separation and recycling centre.
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- The separated waste is transported outside the community for recycling.
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- Zero Waste Action Day two: The lakes also have to be cleaned.
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- ….this also requires some hard work.
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- Bene Baraque lake Cheikh Anta Diop after cleaning.
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- Participants in the cleaning action receive t-shirts as thank-you.
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- The zero waste world-cup champions!