Villander 'works trash' to make ends meet

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Most of us consider trash as one of the filthiest things a human being can ever come in contact with. We associate it with the poor, poverty and diseases but 22-year-old Teko Villander has proven the saying that another man's meat is another's poison.

Waste is one of the best things that could have ever happened to him. Do not get it wrong he is not a street kid or a 'bashi' as we are used to calling them. He is actually a normal 22-year-old and goes to school like everyone his age.

The difference with Villander and the ordinary 22-year-old is his ambition to succeed using abundant resources. He converts trash into useful goods to make ends meet. He uses bones, tree barks, animal horns, old carpets, plastics, and soil amongst the many to produce souvenirs and utensils that we as trash loathers use on a daily basis. His artefacts include wooden cutlery, ear rings, wrist bands, racks, and many more. "If I don't have it, I will make it for you," says Villander. He says that customers come first when it comes to business. "Most of the time, I get customer's advising me on how to make my products, and I do not find that offensive. Some of them go to the extent of coming with replicas of things they would like me to design," he said.

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