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Home » News » Industry News » DS Smith donates €50,000 to UNICEF project making bricks from recycled plastic » Construction of new classes in Sangouine, a village in the West of Côte d’Ivoire.Classes were built with plastic bricks made out of recycled plastic. UNICEF partnered with Conceptos Plasticos, a Columbian company that produces building materials with recyclable plastics, to build classrooms in this overcrowded preschool and primary school where in some classes there are more than 100 children, some of them as little as 3 years old. In Côte d’Ivoire, many children do not access to education for lack of infrastructure in their community.More than 300 million tons of plastic are produced every year around the world, yet just a fraction of is recycled. Children around the world face the impact of pollution and are more vulnerable than adults to air, water and land pollution.With this project, UNICEF goal is to help provide children with a safe playing environment, prevent the spread of diseases and build more classrooms.For every child the right to play in a clean environment.

DS Smith donates €50,000 to UNICEF project making bricks from recycled plastic

Bricks made from recycled plastic are being used in the construction of new classrooms — like this one in Sangouine, a village on the western Ivory Coast (Credit: DS Smith)

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Bricks made from recycled plastic are being used in the construction of new classrooms — like this one in Sangouine, a village on the western Ivory Coast (Credit: DS Smith)

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