Part of an International Labour Office (ILO) and Lay Volunteers International Association (LVIA), Piemonte, a non-governmental organization (NGO), project, the film illustrates how Burkina Faso's first plastic recycling centre is paving the way for a new kind of development project that provides a money earner to the poor of Ouagadougou, while tackling a major environmental pollution problem affecting many African cities. Even local industry benefits: the recycled plastic granules cost half the price of new plastic imported from abroad.
