Local business owner sparks nationwide change with bold decision at beachfront restaurant: 'It wasn't just about business'

Local business owner sparks nationwide change with bold decision at beachfront restaurant: 'It wasn't just about business'

A surfer from Dakar, Senegal, turned his frustration with ocean pollution into a nationwide zero-waste movement, pushing restaurants to remove single-use plastics, U.N. Africa Renewal reported. Babacar Thiaw, owner of the Copacabana Surf Club in Dakar, identified the connection between ocean conservation and his passion for surfing after repeatedly finding plastic waste in the water. The daily reality of floating bottles and wrappers spurred him…