The Ivory Coast is building schools with plastic waste

A community in the Ivory Coast has partnered with UNICEF to turn waste into brick for schools.

Classrooms cost almost half the price of traditional building materials and can be built with a simple hammer. Since 2018, plastic waste has become 26 classrooms.

Video produced by Daniel South and Eric Biantuadi.

Listen to Newsday on the BBC iPlayer .

Let's block the ads! (Why?)