The ubiquitous 500ml sachets of treated drinking water, sold from every kiosk, cooler box and traffic-light hawker in the country.
You bite off a corner and drink from it.
Cheap, generally safe, and enormously convenient — most people in Accra drink sachet water rather than tap water. Look for an FDA registration number printed on the sachet.
The discarded plastic is one of Accra’s most visible environmental problems. It blocks the gutters, and blocked gutters are a significant part of why the city floods. A filter and a reusable bottle removes the largest single source of household plastic in an Accra home.