In 2014, Embassy Ouagadougou reduced its energy use by 10 percent through replacing water filters with ones that require no energy, installing motion sensor lights, and tweaking maintenance and IT schedules. The Embassy worked with the community to start up recycling programs where none existed before. The Embassy recycles newspaper through a reuse project with local prisons, and launched a bottle recycling program. A community garden and a loaner bike program also augment the embassy’s greening outreach.

By U.S. Embassy in Burkina Faso | 16 June, 2015 | Topics: Events