Transdisciplinary University Cooperation Project for Sustainable Development and Lifelong Learning: Result of a Cameroonian Plastic Waste Management School Project within the Framework of Greening Africa Together CO 2 Compensation

Abstract

This article gives a view of the plastic waste management school project of Greening Africa Together (GATo) and deals with education for sustainable development and lifelong learning in this transdisciplinary university cooper-ation project. The main questions arising are: how can students become aware of the problem of waste management in their school milieu and, which specific learning response can guarantee a circular economy of waste in schools?The service-learning approach of all GATo-projects consists in an interdiscip-linary working group of both local and international students, who together with the community stakeholders, will find a suitable and/or affordable solu-tion to the problem identified.