Plastic bottles, food wrappers hit runway in Lagos “trashion” show
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Teenage designers, students and volunteers created the garments from litter collected along beaches and in coastal communities.
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- A Lagos fashion show featured outfits made from plastic bottles, wrappers, and metal can tops.
- The event's theme focused on sea turtles and raising awareness about ocean plastic pollution. 20s
- Teenage designers and volunteers used litter collected from beaches to create the garments. 36s
- The initiative has held similar outreach projects in Ghana, Benin, and Sierra Leone. 1m 11s
- Nigeria generates about 2.5 million tons of plastic waste each year, according to the UN. 2m 6s