ENVIRONMENT. RECYCLING. MINDFULNESS.

Upcycling in Ghana — Creating Something Useful and Beautiful Out of Trash

The company “Trashy Bags” is creating amazing fashion items out of plastic bags

Anne Bonfert
7 min readJun 9, 2022

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A seamstress working with small pieces of fabric. | Credit: Anne Bonfert

Plastic consumption and the recycling of trash are one of the biggest challenges of our life on the planet. Some people might not see it that way or argue the problem isn’t that big on our planet.

But they are wrong. Our planet is drowning in plastic despite all the efforts from around the world trying to survive in piles of trash.

However, all those efforts aren’t for nothing. On the contrary, they are very important. Every single person that picks up one single plastic straw in nature and disposes it into a bin is important to our environment.

Just as much as all the companies that specialize in the recycling process of plastic and trash in general. But apart from avoiding using a lot of plastic and recycling it properly, there is one more part in the circle that does its job for the environment.

And these are all the companies that reuse single-use plastic items, waste, and just any type of trash and make something new and useful out of them. Repurposing plastic waste is an amazing job done by many…

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Anne Bonfert
Anne Bonfert

Written by Anne Bonfert

I am a traveler. Photographer. Writer. Teacher. Skydiving instructor. Adventure enthusiast. Nature lover. And fell in love with the African continent.