Flint bottles hope from its toxic water crisis

A volunteer throws into a truck a bag filled with used, plastic water bottles that will be recycled to manufacture clothes as part of an art project in Flint, Michigan, October 30th, 2017. (Courtesy Ben Premeaux)
“It means that we take something that is painful and make it positive”
By Sebastien Malo
NEW YORK – (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Flint was drowning in empty bottles after a toxic water scandal became the latest crisis to hit the Michigan town – this week