A: Hey there, what's up?
B: Not much, just chilling! What about you?
A: You know the situation in Ukraine, right?
B: Not really... fill me in.
A: Well, things are pretty tough over there. Russia has been attacking towns and cities, turning whole neighborhoods into rubble.
B: That's terrible! How can we help?
A: This one Japanese company called Tagawa Sangyo in Fukuoka Prefecture has a plan. They make plaster and they're teaming up with the UN Development Programme and a Turkish construction company to turn the waste into materials for rebuilding Ukraine!
B: That's amazing! How do they do it?
A: Last week, debris from a building in Makariv was taken away. They'll pulverize it and part of it will come to their plant in Japan by the end of October. After safety checks, they'll turn it into building tiles!
B: And they want to build a factory there too?
A: Yeah, they're studying if it's possible to make a tile factory in Ukraine by 2027. It could provide jobs for injured soldiers.
B: That would be great! I wonder how much waste there is...
A: According to Ukrainian authorities, there's more than 6 million tons of rubble and debris since the invasion three years ago. The UN Development Programme is now focusing on finding funds to dispose of all that waste.
B: Wow, let's hope they succeed! It'd be great to see Ukraine rebuild in a positive way like this.
B: Not much, just chilling! What about you?
A: You know the situation in Ukraine, right?
B: Not really... fill me in.
A: Well, things are pretty tough over there. Russia has been attacking towns and cities, turning whole neighborhoods into rubble.
B: That's terrible! How can we help?
A: This one Japanese company called Tagawa Sangyo in Fukuoka Prefecture has a plan. They make plaster and they're teaming up with the UN Development Programme and a Turkish construction company to turn the waste into materials for rebuilding Ukraine!
B: That's amazing! How do they do it?
A: Last week, debris from a building in Makariv was taken away. They'll pulverize it and part of it will come to their plant in Japan by the end of October. After safety checks, they'll turn it into building tiles!
B: And they want to build a factory there too?
A: Yeah, they're studying if it's possible to make a tile factory in Ukraine by 2027. It could provide jobs for injured soldiers.
B: That would be great! I wonder how much waste there is...
A: According to Ukrainian authorities, there's more than 6 million tons of rubble and debris since the invasion three years ago. The UN Development Programme is now focusing on finding funds to dispose of all that waste.
B: Wow, let's hope they succeed! It'd be great to see Ukraine rebuild in a positive way like this.
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Summary
Japanese company Tagawa Sangyo in Fukuoka Prefecture is partnering with the UN Development Programme and a Turkish construction firm to convert waste from Ukraine's rubble into building materials for rebuilding, following Russia's attacks. The plan includes establishing a tile factory in Ukraine