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Day out with the trash trackers of Mukuru slums

Bags made from recycled waste, [Courtesy]

As Nairobi works on eradicating slums, residents of Mukuru Fuata Nyayo are working on different ways of recycling waste products in their area.

The state of Ngong River, which flows through the populated settlement, is devastating to see. Plastic bottles and bags, textiles and other litter choke this river. It is hard to stand the stench.

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