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Africa forum hails ‘circular economy’ solutions for climate

FILE - Children sit inside a canoe with empty plastic bottles they collected to sell for recycling in the floating slum of Makoko in Lagos, Nigeria, Nov. 8, 2022. Reducing waste while boosting recycling and reuse, known as the ‘circular economy,’ will be vital for halting the loss of nature, organizers of the World Circular Economy Forum said Wednesday, Dec. 7. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

FILE - A "Verynile" initiative worker carries compressed plastic bottles which were collected by volunteers and fishermen from the Nile to build a Plastic Pyramid ahead of World Cleanup Day in Cairo, Egypt on Sept. 15, 2022. Reducing waste while boosting recycling and reuse, known as the ‘circular economy,’ will be vital for halting the loss of nature, organizers of the World Circular Economy Forum said Wednesday, Dec. 7. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

FILE - Boys play soccer among trash that litters the sand of Yarakh Beach in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 8, 2022. Reducing waste while boosting recycling and reuse, known as the ‘circular economy,’ will be vital for halting the loss of nature, organizers of the World Circular Economy Forum said Wednesday, Dec. 7. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Africa forum hails ‘circular economy’ solutions for climate