The main aim of this festival was to promote recycling and its numerous advantages, and for local artists to get some attention on their art.
Tired of the lethargy in clearing up accumulated waste on the streets of Sudan, a group of people took it upon themselves to recycle this waste, make cool art and everyday objects out of it, and showcase them at Khartoum’s first-ever recycling festival!
The propellant behind this initiative was the fact that the municipality failed to clear the surroundings of garbage, andΒ thatΒ citizens showed their complacency in taking matters into hand. In Khartoum, there is no recycling program in place, and garbage lies in the same place for long, leading to rubbishΒ fires and land pollution.
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However, local artists and interested people were invited to collect recycled material and brainstorm on ideas for cool recycled creations. The results were pretty impressive!
Via Global Citizen, one participant made baskets and plates from recycled newspaper, another made chairs from recycled tires, and another made drums from an assortment of materials!
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The main aim of this festival was to promote recycling and its numerous advantages, and for local artists to get some attention on their art.
Organisers have already started thinking about next year’s edition of the festival, and they promise it’ll get bigger than ever!