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GreenPavers - Upcycling plastics to tiles
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Green Pavers uses an innovative styro-plastic densifier to turn plastic waste into durable and affordable building materials and furniture. They make products such as roofing tiles, floor tiles, fencing posts, chain links, coffee tables, furniture and benches. One of their key objective is to provide an alternative to wood in producing furniture and in effect save trees.

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This case study has been created as part of Footprints Africa's work to build the first ever comprehensive mapping of circular economy initiatives in Africa. This will lay the foundation open-source database that can inspire local initiatives, as well as inform the global dialogue, which is largely focused on the European and American contexts. We are doing this in collaboration with the African Circular Economy Network (ACEN). ACEN's vision is to build a restorative African economy that generates well-being and prosperity inclusive of all its people through new forms of economic production and consumption which maintain and regenerate its environmental resources. The objective is to build an open-source database featuring 500 cases with strong regional representation. These will feature in the Knowledge Hub and are also being mapped by GRID-Arendal.


Image retrieved from https://greenpavers.co.ke/

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Footprints Africa
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GreenPavers
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Key elements of the circular economy
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plastic waste

buildings

sustainable buildings

construction

Built Environment

sustainable furniture

construction materials

plastic bricks