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Turning Trash into Education: Lagos Children Benefit from Plastic Waste School

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LAGOS, Oct 12 2023 - Ijora Badia, a slum in Lagos, was swimming in plastic waste. Now children pay their school fees in plastic bottles, and these are used to build classrooms.

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