How Macoumba Diagne Cleans up Senegal & Transforms Waste into Wealth with Proplast Industrie

<p>Meet <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/macoumba-diagne-a4793333" target="_blank">Macoumba Diagne</a> the co-founder and CEO of <a href="https://proplast-industrie.sn/" target="_blank">Proplast Industrie</a>, a company that helps collect and recycle plastic to then help create new products from this recycled plastic for the local market.</p> <p>In the interview Macoumba shares:</p> <ul><li>How he transformed himself from a manager in the corporate world to a social entrepreneur and the head of a waste management company</li><li>How he entered the field of waste management after he had the idea to help transform an NGO into a sustainable enterprise</li><li>And how Proplast Industrie is trying to close the loop and build a circular economy model by not only recycling collected plastic but by also offering the products made from the recycled material at its collection points</li></ul> <p>He also talks about the challenges him and his team faced in building up Proplast and what his advice for young people in Senegal is. </p> <p>There is a lot of good stuff in this interview and we hope you enjoy learning from Macoumba as much as we did. </p> <p>And now, without further ado, enter Macoumba Diagne…</p>