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Uganda farmer grows natural substitute for plastic bottles

Julius Mugambwa | Wolf Gebhardt
February 4, 2025

A Ugandan farmer is growing calabash or bottle gourds as a natural alternative to plastic bottles. The idea is catching on and business is booming. Uganda still produces some 600 tonnes of plastic waste every day, and very little of it is collected.

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Julius Mugambwa Julius Mugambwa is a freelance DW correspondent based in Kampala, Uganda.@Mugambwa_