Look... Shoes made from Haiti street trash. More than 750,000 plastic bottles removed from Haiti streets.

What can be done with all that trash in Haiti? These days, one Haitian's trash is really another Haitian's treasure... Read this...

PHOTO: Timberland Boots made from Haiti Recycled Plastic Bottles
PHOTO: Timberland Boots made from Haiti Recycled Plastic Bottles

More than 1,300 Haitian people collects plastic bottles and sell them to 50 Haitian-owned collection centers, this once-upon-a-trash is being converted to this nice pair of boots you see here and a whole lot more.

More than 700,000 plastic bottles has been from Haiti's streets and canals. Read More from Global Citizen

Did you know?

Plastic bottles are made from oil; so is polyester. When a bottle is recycled into fabric, the end result looks the same as if it had come from fossil fuels

Read more from Fast Company

I was watching a video about plastic recycling in Haiti, the lady said: When I look at a plastic bottle in the street now, I see money."

That's good. Haitians need that kind of attitude.

What so you think about that?

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Haiti Nouvelles says...

Gade sa...

Soulye ki fet ak fatra ki soti Haiti.

Anpil Haitiens ap fe ti kob yo nan ranmase boutey plastik nan lari ak kanal yo, vye boutey plastic ki konvèti an bòt pou blan

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Fanel says...

This company needs to be crowned and the government should support this

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