Five Youth-Led Organizations Using Tech to Combat Plastic Pollution In Africa
African youth are taking action to combat the serious problem of plastic pollution on the continent. With an estimated 100 million tons of waste generated in Africa each year, much of it plastic, inadequate waste management infrastructure has led to pollution of waterways and harm to wildlife
How Two College Seniors Created New Orleans’ Only Option for Recycling Glass
During their senior year of college, co-founders Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz—alongside a bottle of wine—realized that there were two problems that needed to be solved: Louisiana’s lack of recycling programs and the global sand shortage.