{"id":31882,"date":"2023-01-18T12:44:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T12:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/in-ghana-one-businessman-is-turning-waste-into-new-opportunities"},"modified":"2023-01-18T14:11:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T14:11:49","slug":"in-ghana-one-businessman-is-turning-waste-into-new-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/in-ghana-one-businessman-is-turning-waste-into-new-opportunities","title":{"rendered":"In Ghana, one businessman is turning waste into new opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>In Ghana, one businessman is turning waste into new opportunities.<\/b>
\nGlass isn’t commonly recycled in the West African country, but from a small factory, broken bottles are being turned into new vases, drinking glasses, bowls and more.<\/b><\/p>\n

In the eastern region of Ghana, in the small town of Krobo-Odumase, glass waste is being recycled into interior decor.<\/p>\n

The area is fast becoming an epicentre for glass beads and an emerging hot glass industry.<\/p>\n

Michael Tetteh is thought to be one of Ghana’s only certified hot glass blowers, reviving a lost art and creating a local industry for handmade glassware.<\/p>\n

Using only waste glass, from broken bottles to windows, Tetteh believes he’s re-using several tons of glass waste that would otherwise end up at a dump or landfill site.<\/p>\n

he says.<\/p>\n

Tetteh trained in glassblowing in the Netherlands with two other colleagues, and is one of only a handful of people hoping to revive the lost art in Ghana.<\/p>\n

In his factory, manned by Tetteh, his family and one female apprentice, they produce dozens of glassware items daily.<\/p>\n

Scarce funding and lack of support did not deter Tetteh from building this hot glass factory from scratch some ten years ago.<\/p>\n

He designed and helped build almost all the equipment and machinery, including kilns and the annealer he uses to heat and cool his works.<\/p>\n

Tetteh is now training his family, including young son, Caleb, in the art of glassblowing.<\/p>\n

He hopes his children will carry on the art and business someday.<\/p>\n

In the future, Tetteh hopes to build a modern glassblowing training institute, where interested people can learn the art of hot glass.he says.<\/p>\n

Janet Offei Teyegaga is a mother of three and Tetteh’s prote\u0301ge\u0301.<\/p>\n

She prides herself on being the self-acclaimed “only female glassblower in West Africa”.<\/p>\n

“The glassblowing is very amazing,” she says.<\/p>\n

“We use it to do vases, drinking glass and parish bowls, a lot of things.”<\/p>\n

Hand Krafted,<\/b> a recycle-focused shop, is one store where Tetteh’s glass products are sold.<\/p>\n

Stratcomm Africa CEO and Hand Krafted owner Esther Cobbah is excited to be a part of Tetteh’s journey and sees a trend towards recycled and up-cycled products.<\/p>\n

“We see Tetteh as contributing to environmental conservation, protecting lives because these broken glasses can actually cause harm to people,”<\/b> says Cobbah.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Ghana<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. In Ghana, one businessman is turning waste into new opportunities. Glass isn’t commonly recycled in the West African country, but from a small factory, broken bottles are being turned into new vases, drinking glasses, bowls and more. 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