Ghana factory turns broken glass into new designs

Описание: (14 Jan 2023) GHANA GLASS BEADS

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Odumase Krobo-Eastern Region, Ghana – 7 January 2023
1. Furnace containing molten glass at Tetteh Glass Factory
2. Various of Michael Tetteh, CEO, Tetteh Glass Factory, working on drinking glass
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Tetteh, CEO, Tetteh Glass Factory:
"We are in a country where we don't recycle glass. Apart from the bead makers, my colleagues that are producing small beads in industry, we are not able to consume more, so by creating this industry, we can consume more glass."
4. Various of discarded and broken glass
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Tetteh, CEO, Tetteh Glass Factory:
"We collect waste glasses, bottles, louver glasses, television screens in Accra. We bring them here and then we recycle them."
6. Worker Janet Offei Teyegaga and Caleb Tetteh walking by
7. Glass being crushed with metal mortar and pestle into powder form
8. Collected empty glass bottles
9. Crushed glass being sieved
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Tetteh, CEO, Tetteh Glass Factory:
"I have some ladies, they dispose (of) them, they wash them nicely, we dry them, we smash them. We don't pound them like fufu (a local food), but we smash them into small particles, so that at least we can get clear glass (from it)."
11. Various of Janet Offei Teyegaga crushing glass outside Tetteh Glass Factory
12. Various of Janet Offei Teyegaga inside Tetteh Glass Factory, collecting molten glass and rolling it on pipe
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Janet Offei Teyegaga, worker in Tetteh Glass Factory:
"The glassblowing is very amazing and by using louvers glass waste and some bottles, it's not all bottles we use for the glassblowing. We use louvers glass, different colours and Bel Aqua bottles. We use it to do vases, drinking glass and parish bowls, a lot of things."
14. Various of glassblowing process
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Tetteh, CEO, Tetteh Glass Factory:
"My plan is to build a glassblowing school here in Ghana because we don't have the art glass (school) in West Africa here and Ghana here, so my plan is to build an ultra-modern glassblowing studio here in Ghana for the people of Ghana, universities, (inaudible), students."
16. Esther Cobbah, CEO of Stratcomm Africa and shop owner of Hand Krafted, a recycling and up-cycling-themed shop in Accra
17. Various of glass products made by Michael Tetteh on sale at Hand Krafted
18. Hand Krafted shop exterior
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Esther Cobbah, CEO, Stratcomm Africa and shop owner of Hand Krafted:
"We see Tetteh as contributing to environmental conservation, protecting lives because these broken glasses can actually cause harm to people. He is also generating employment, because he is employing people to work with and the last time I spoke to him, he actually said he is trying to come up with a training school to train people to do more of this all over Ghana."
20. Collected glass bottles
21. Setup shot of Yaw Akwaa Lartey, environmental health researcher, walking by
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Yaw Akwaa Lartey, environmental health researcher:
"I think this is a one in a million, and I think the government must support this initiative in establishing most of these workshops across the 16 regions and support this initiative."
23. Glass bottles at bar
24. Tetteh Glass Factory exterior
25. Various of Krobo-Odumase
LEADIN:
In Ghana, one businessman is turning waste into new opportunities.
STORYLINE:
In the eastern region of Ghana, in the small town of Krobo-Odumase, glass waste is being recycled into interior decor.
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