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Sandra Rotman Centre for Global Health

From Waste to Wealth and Better Heath and Uganda

Caption: Organic waste in an urban slum in Uganda, which can cause flooding and breeding sites for waterborne diseases. Youth will collect and sort discarded organic waste and deliver it to a plant for conversion to fertilizer and biogas.

Credit: Aleia McCord, W2E (U) Ltd

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