Skip to content

You sometimes put your family at risk coming up against huge companies and people that are well connected politically. You always find there’s a conflict of interest and you’re stuck in the middle. It does feel a bit threatening and can also feel a bit scary.

— Gloria Majiga-Kamoto Malawi’s landscape is clogged with plastic waste that could linger for 100 years. One woman has taken on plastic compani (2021)

Another quote →

More quotes by Gloria Majiga-Kamoto

Our forests provide wild mushrooms and fruits and a safe space to experience our traditions and cultural beliefs.

Gloria Majiga-Kamoto: Combating Malawi’s Plastics Problem (2021)

Together, we challenged the idea that these companies can put a price tag on our environment and call that development.

Gloria Majiga-Kamoto: Combating Malawi’s Plastics Problem (2021)

Malawi is very far behind. Recycling of waste requires technology and we do not have a lot of that technology.

Malawi’s landscape is clogged with plastic waste that could linger for 100 years. One woman has taken on plastic compani (2021)

Individuals have to be aware of their own contribution to the mess. Malawians should make it easier for plastics to end up in the right place and to be potentially recycled.

Malawi’s landscape is clogged with plastic waste that could linger for 100 years. One woman has taken on plastic compani (2021)

We may have won one battle, but the war on plastics in Malawi and across the world is far from over

Gloria Majiga-Kamoto: Combating Malawi’s Plastics Problem (2021)

All Gloria Majiga-Kamoto quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Gloria Majiga-Kamoto (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.