In Africa, although sorting out waste is not institutionalized, recycling is part of daily life. Within a huge informal sector, waste collector work hand in hand with craftsmen. That is how cans become toys, how bottle capsules and iron threads are turned into jewellery boxes, or how furniture is cut out of oil drums. Senegal is a good place to find such pieces of recycled art.

To watch go to : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9n7EKv0Di8

Filmed, scripted and edited by Laeïla Adjovi. Broadcast in July 2012 in the programme BBC Focus on Africa, on BBC world News.