Turning plastic waste into paving stones in Ghana
In Ghana, where residents regularly complain about dirt in the streets, a
young engineer recycles plastic by making paving stones for road construction, according
to an Africanews report.
Nelson Boateng CEO of NELPLAST GHANA LTD
explains “Ghana produces 22,000 tons of plastics per year and only 2% is
recycled so the government is wasting a lot of money to eliminate all its
plastic waste with this technology we use all kinds of plastics except PVC for
the manufacture of pavers which prove to be stronger than the concrete pavers
we have”.
His company
is an Integrated
Environmental and Social Impacting Solution located in the Greater Accra Region
of Ghana. It started as a plastic recycling and production company in 2013
producing poly bags primarily to feed the demand for convenient carrier bags.
It has evolved to become a change agent; a social and green-environment
advocate, involved in the production of the acclaimed “Eco Bricks”. This vision also sits firmly
in the country’s quest to be a champion of cleanliness in Africa. Today, NELPLAST
GHANA LTD employs 74 direct workers and over 300 indirect workers as plastic
waste collectors and aggregators, the majority of whom reside within the
Ashaiman-Katamanso enclave in Ghana.
Ebenezer owusu Marfo, Chief operating officer NELPLAST GHANA LTD underlines "as we do not have the adequate
machinery to produce on large scales we are able to manufacture only 200
pavers, with 2000 kilos of material that we prepare every day".
Almost all types of plastics can be used, including plastic bags, which
have been the subject of heated debate for several months in this West African
country over whether or not to ban their use. Engineer Nelson Boateng is hoping
to receive more support from the Ghanaian Environment Ministry, which has
already used these paving stones in an area of the capital most recently.
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