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Carver Jackson Mbatha poses next to an unfinished large toy giraffe he is making from pieces of discarded flip-flops in front of a painted workshop wall at the Ocean Sole flip-flop recycling company in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The colorful handmade giraffes, elephants and warthogs made in a Nairobi workshop were once only dirty pieces of rubber cruising the Indian Ocean's currents. Kenya's Ocean Sole sandal recycling company is cleaning the East African country's beaches of used, washed-up flip-flops and other sandals. About 45 workers in Nairobi make 100 different products from the discarded flip-flops. In 2008, the company shipped an ...
Ocean Sole flip-flop company is cleaning Kenya's beaches of washed-up used flip-flops that once cruised the Indian Ocean's currents. The company turning the discarded pieces of rubber into colorful handmade giraffes, elephants and other toy animals. Click through for photos. At left, Carver Daniel Lekalau uses scissors to trim the mane of a toy lion he is making from pieces of discarded flip-flops at the Ocean Sole flip-flop recycling company in Nairobi, Kenya. Read more about Ocean Sole here. ...