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African architect builds community library with 45,000 recycled plastic bottles
Published: Jul 14, 2021 08:55 AM
Martial Zohoungbogbo, an architect who holds a dual citizenship of Ghana and Benin, built a community library with 45,000 recycled plastic bottles on the outskirts of Accra.

Martial Zohoungbogbo shows recycled plastic bottles filled with soil, which are used as bricks for building a community library, in Accra, Ghana, on June 24, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

Martial Zohoungbogbo shows recycled plastic bottles filled with soil, which are used as bricks for building a community library, in Accra, Ghana, on June 24, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
Martial Zohoungbogbo stands in front of the community library he built with recycled plastic bottles filled with soil in Accra, Ghana, on June 24, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

Martial Zohoungbogbo stands in front of the community library he built with recycled plastic bottles filled with soil in Accra, Ghana, on June 24, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
Martial Zohoungbogbo shows recycled plastic bottles filled with soil, which are used as bricks for building a community library, in Accra, Ghana, on June 24, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

Martial Zohoungbogbo shows recycled plastic bottles filled with soil, which are used as bricks for building a community library, in Accra, Ghana, on June 24, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)


 
Martial Zohoungbogbo fills soil into recycled plastic bottles inside of the community library he built in Accra, Ghana, on June 24, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)

Martial Zohoungbogbo fills soil into recycled plastic bottles inside of the community library he built in Accra, Ghana, on June 24, 2021.(Photo: Xinhua)