GreenTech Solutions
GreenTech Solutions manufactures building materials from recycled plastic waste. GTS sources raw materials from informal pickers and community-based organisations, manufactures and distributes finished products, and does advertising and marketing for the products. Due to local plastic waste pollution, another focus of the company is awareness-rising. The enterprise targets local hardware centres, companies, and households to sell plastic tiles, ceilings, gutters, fencing poles, and driveway paving. The products are an eco-friendly alternative to commonly used iron sheets.
- Conducting clean-ups and awareness campaigns, resulting in a cleaner city
- Reducing diseases related to improper waste disposal
- Sourcing 90kgs of plastic waste weekly since January 2019, thereby reducing the pollution of the country and waste in landfills
- Decreasing carbon emissions created by burning of plastic waste
- Creating jobs for 4 local waste pickers, 3 of which are women
Partners
Environmental Management Agency are partnering with GTS to sensitise and mobilise the local community
Zamba Primary School will be one of the first plastic waste collection centres and is partnering in environmental awareness campaigns
COREC is a Kenyan-based recycling enterprise that provides technical advice on the products and links GreenTech Solutions to experts in this field
Mutare City Council provides statistics on plastic waste, links the enterprise to community-based organisations and supports with campaigns
