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