Uganda’s capital Kampala produces more than 13,000 tonnes of plastic every year. Nearly half of that is not properly disposed of or recycled. KAMPALA, Uganda: Plastic water bottles that used to clog drainage channels in the Ugandan town of Kayunga are being turned into “eco-bottle bricks”, which are then used to build water tanks for the community. These are part of the East African nation’s efforts to tackle single-use plastics, a problem that has plagued the world for years. The efforts by