(7 Apr 2007) SENEGAL RECYCLING
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Mbeubeuss
1. Wide of the rubbish dump
2. Various of people sifting through rubbish
3. Various of man sorting cans
Dakar
4. Exterior of workshop cans are recycled into boxes, trays, tables and toys
5. Interior workshop, workshop owner Nodou N'Gom with bags of cans
6. Close up of the cans
7. Various of Nodou N'Gom at work on box made from cans
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Nodou N'Gom, Recycler :
"There are some people who give us (cans) as a gift, but there are others who collect the cans and sell them to us. These people do not have a job, so they collect the cans from dumping grounds, hotels and they sell them to us at the price of 10 CFA francs (2 US cents) during the warm season. You know it is a bit warm now so there are many cans but when it is the cold season the cans are more expensive."
9. Various of Boubaker, one of the workers, working on can
10. Various of Boubaker working
11. Various of finished products
12. SOUNDBITE (French) Nodou N'Gom, Recycler :
"We are not used to copying others work, often some customers come here with their own order, their own drawing and ask to make it for them."
13. Boubaker working
14. Various of a worker piercing bottle caps
15. Products on display at shop
16. Various of tourists buying products
17. Products on display.
18. Street scene
LEAD IN:
Recycling has become a way of life for many people in the Senegalese capital Dakar.
Workshops are springing up all over the city where people are turning discarded cans and scrap metal into handicrafts and furniture.
STORYLINE:
At a rubbish dump in Mbeubeuss, 25 kilometres (15.5 miles) outside the Senegalese capital Dakar, these men sift through the piles of refuse.
They are looking for cans that have been thrown away.
They collect these and sell them on to recyclers, who use them to make into furniture, toys and pieces of art.
One man hard at work doing this is workshop owner Nodou N'Gom.
Along with his colleagues Nodou takes the collected cans, cuts them up, beats them flat then makes things from boxes to decorations out of them.
Nodou says they get the cans from a variety of sources.
He is not alone in the recycling trade.
A developing economy has been created in Dakar, and now many people create new goods out of used, broken or discarded metal products or misprinted metal sheeting from local canning factories.
Nodou N'Gom says they are used to coming up with their own ideas but sometimes people commission specific pieces from them.
His tin can suitcases were originally made for local use but the recycled goods have now attracted new clients among resident expatriates and foreign tourists.
Recycling is mostly done on a cottage industry scale and it is becoming an acceptable way of life for many resourceful Senegalese.
A block of market stalls outside the Sandagga Market in Dakar is alive with local artisans making and selling handmade briefcases, trunks, boxes, and toys cut from the scavenged cans.
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