00:00These tiny plastic sachets provide drinking water for party guests in Mali.
00:05Afterwards, the empty sachets often land on the ground, but now they're getting a new life in fashion.
00:12Using her motor tricycle, this data boss collects sachets across the city with her team.
00:18The sachets allow easy access to clean drinking water across West Africa,
00:22but they pollute the land and water with microplastics.
00:26The team washed, cut, and turned thousands of discarded sachets into padding for handbags and school bags,
00:33made with locally sourced fabrics.
00:35So plastic waste in the communities has produced a new business idea,
00:39reducing the burden on the environment and creating a new and stylish party accessory.
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