MONROVIA, Sept. 25 -- Champions for Nature Conservation Liberia (CNCL) has graduated 20 young people from its first cohort of the Youth Innovative Plastic Waste Management Training, equipping them with skills in recycling, upcycling, waste management and environmental entrepreneurship.

By Francis G. Boayue

The graduation ceremony was held Thursday, September 24 at the University Innovation Pod (UniPod) at the University of Liberia's Fendell Campus.

The four-month training was implemented under CNCL's "From Trash to Treasure: Community-Based Plastic Waste Management and Circular Economy in Liberia" project, with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Progra...