{"id":217,"date":"2019-06-22T13:04:45","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T13:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bwindi.org\/?page_id=217"},"modified":"2022-07-13T12:34:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T12:34:21","slug":"waste-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bwindi.org\/wp01\/our-projects\/community-sustainability-responsibility-csr\/waste-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Waste Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]As you can imagine, recycling is not our top priority on a day-to-day basis and most of the population in Uganda ends up burning their plastic waste or leave it on the streets. 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