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The world's longest unbroken sea beach is located in the southernmost part of Bangladesh, and the plastic bags, straws, and cups that are tossed aside at cafes and parks end up everywhere, from the bellies of turtles to the shores of isolated islands.
It's no wonder, then, that nearly a million Rohingya refugees living in refugee camps in the area have decided to do something about it.
The International Organization for Migration and its partner, Dushtha Shasthya Kendra, started a waste collection volunteer group in Cox's Bazar in April, and since then, they've collected more than 24,000 pounds of plastic bags, as well as non-biodegradable waste such as plastic, polyethylene, and other packaging, and fed them into a machine that melts the small pieces of plastic into noodles, reports the IOM.
The plastic is then used to make learning materials and other products, such as letter blocks for children and slabs of pavement for children's latrines.
The recycling plant is part of the IOM's Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) program, and it's part of a larger effort to reduce, reuse, and recycling of waste produced by refugees in the camp, which is the largest in the world, per the IOM.
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Foundation: Ford Motor Company Fund
The Ford Motor Company's philanthropic arm is getting a new name: Ford Philanthropy. The rebranding reflects Ford's 75-year legacy of "driving impact in Ford communities around the world," says...more
A leaked list of the European Union's top priorities for the next decade paints a bleak picture for the bloc's efforts to combat climate change. The list, prepared by the European Commission and...more
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Foundation: Whitefish Community Foundation
"But wait. We're not done yet." That was the message from Lois Davis, CEO of the Whitefish Community Foundation, as it handed out $520,300 in grants to 68 nonprofit organizations in the...more
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Foundation: Community Foundation of the Ozarks
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Foundation: Kellogg Foundation
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