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World Environment Day: Ukraine's Plastic Pioneers
Dmytro rents workshop space on the premises of a former Soviet factory. Designed to employ people living with visual impairments, today, the premise is owned by the Chernihiv Association of the Blind, a 36-person strong organization.
Working with a simple mix of recycled plastic, sand and dye, Dmytro and his team - Vitaliy and Slava, who was born with reduced sight - produce multiple paving slabs and roof tiles each day. In this northern Ukrainian region bordering Belarus and the Russian Federation, the growing business has only one rival: concrete.
