Repurposing plastic bags to put bread on Houtbay tables - Regine le Roux from Re.Use.Re.Bag

We live an era where science and facts are being questioned but if there is one issue that we probably all agree on is that plastic pollution is a problem, and that we urgently need to do something about it. In Hout Bay, the Seal Rescue Centre has to deal with the heart-breaking consequences of marine plastic debris and it is in this coastal suburb of Cape Town that a local resident and entrepreneur, Regine le Roux has come up with an initiative to repurpose plastic bags and help with the local unemployment problem. With a group of local ladies, she started Re.Bag.Re.Use and they are taking bread bags and crocheting them into durable hand and beach bags. Le Roux told Linda van Tilburg about her plans to expand the scheme to other areas of the country and the rest of the continent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices