Plastic Trash Become Drums in West Africa

2000 djembe drums were created from 20 tons of plastic trash. “La Victoire sur les Sachets” is a short video showing their “victory over the plastic bags”.

Molds of plastic trash being made into a drum

Author: Erik Hersman

Erik is the owner of White African, a blog about technology and Africa. He is the co-founder of Zangu, a new web and mobile phone application that he hopes will change communication in Africa. AfriGadget is another web project of his, not that he doesn't have enough of those already...

2 thoughts on “Plastic Trash Become Drums in West Africa”

  1. Me ha impresionado el video,algunas imagenes también las he visto aquí en mi mundo también hay pobreza.No sabía como se reciclaba el plastico,aprendí mucho,gracias!

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