{"id":7049,"date":"2025-09-04T16:08:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T16:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.okmaritime.nl\/en\/?page_id=7049"},"modified":"2025-09-22T09:38:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T09:38:46","slug":"plastic-bricks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.okmaritime.nl\/en\/about-us\/sponsoring-donations\/plastic-bricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic Bricks"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7049\" class=\"elementor elementor-7049\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1044965 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1044965\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-221924b\" data-id=\"221924b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e19f154 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e19f154\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><h2 style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px;line-height: 35px;font-size: 2.8rem;text-align: -webkit-center;letter-spacing: -1px\">Building a sustainable value chain<span style=\"font-size: 1.7em;font-weight: bolder;letter-spacing: 0.1px\"><\/span><\/h2><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55f3197 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55f3197\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit; color: #293d67;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">Ivory Coast has a massive waste problem. Every day, over 288,000 kilos of plastic ends up in landfills in poorer communities. Only 5% is sold by young people and women in informal businesses. Unfortunately, this generates far too little income for them. At the same time, 1.6 million children and young people in this West African country are out of school because there aren&#8217;t enough school buildings.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit; color: #293d67;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">With Plastic Bricks, UNICEF ensures that plastic is recycled into building blocks for classrooms, working closely with the local community and government. The ultimate goal is for the program to remain successful without UNICEF!<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit; color: #293d67;\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\">UNICEF&#8217;s program trains young people and women in the collection, safe storage, and processing of plastic waste. They also receive entrepreneurship training. The UNICEF factory purchases the plastic waste from these young people and women at a fair price. The plastic is recycled into plastic building blocks, which are used to build schools. Local children can attend school here and receive a quality education. 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