Recycling of post-consumer plastic waste to manufacture building materials (plastic lumber, roofing tiles and pavements)
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23.03.2020 — 25.12.2020
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We use post-consumer plastic waste as a resource to manufacture eco-friendly plastic lumber. The plastic lumber is an affordable alternative to timber, which reduces the need for building material manufactured from wood, helping to preserve forests and cut down on deforestation and effects of climate change. Plastic lumber made from recycled plastics are ideal for fencing on farms, homes, national parks, forest reserves and commercial places. Our solution creates economic value on plastic at the points of generation to enable the households/farms/companies to sort and sell plastics in order to earn income. It worth noting we are creating wealth from waste and with the uprising levels of environmental degradation our solution will generate employment for individuals at the initial stages of the value chain, mostly youth and women, who collect, sort and clean plastic waste for reselling. We aim at training 50 youths on this methodology and empower 200 kids on the need to beat plastic pollution
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We are recycling unwanted plastic waste that are thrown everywhere littering the streets, clogging sewers, streams, rivers and encroaching people’s homes into aesthetic, durable and environmentally friendly plastic lumber, roofing tiles and pavements
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English/Not important, French/Not importantLocation
Cameroon, Northwest, BamendaPhotos
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