Contract: 2018.16
Resource Efficiency
Plastic Recycling Project
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Project Type: |
Pilot Project |
Technology: |
Resource Efficiency |
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Country: |
Liberia |
Project State: |
Ongoing |
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Project Start: |
October 2018 |
End of Project: |
Planned 2022 |
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Partner: |
Foundation Fair Recycling, www.fair-recycling.com, Marianne Naeff |
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 © Fair Recycling |
 © Fair Recycling |
Swiss Contribution
The Foundation Fair Recycling is mandator and supervisor of the plastic recycling section of the Liberian company Green Cities. Some Swiss experts are involved who provide support in technical and strategical questions of waste recycling.
Description
The “Plastic Recycling Project” contributes to a relevant and sustainable waste management in Liberia in cooperation with the local population of Monrovia. Due to the lack of drinking water access, a lot of water bags are used, which generates a big amount of plastic waste. The Liberian partner, Green Cities, has made it its duty to recycle and reuse this waste and other plastics profitably in the densely populated communities; thus creating a new market for waste products. At the same time, jobs are created for young adults as well as income opportunities for the community inhabitants collecting the waste. Activities within the project focus on mechanization of the recycling chain, on raising awareness in reduction, reuse and recycling, as well as on making the social business of Green Cities financially self-sustaining.