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30 June 2022
Meet the Strand 2 – Creating Solutions – Finalists whose community-centered solutions are reducing or eliminating plastic usage across Sub-Saharan Africa.
As Finalists of the Afri-Plastics Challenge, they will be receiving capacity building support to help support in the development and validation of their solution, alongside a grant of £75,000.
Chemolex’s solution is a recyclable, reusable and 100% biodegradable material that completely replaces the use of single-use plastic polymers in food and product packaging as well as in manufacturing diapers.
Dercolbags Packaging Limited are developing a package as a service system which encourage the community in Accra to exchange of packaging containers to reduce and eventually eliminate the use of styrofoams.
EcoCoCo Homecare is spearheading the development of EcoCoco, a range of multi-purpose everyday home care products (scouring pads scrubbing brushes and brooms) made from compostable natural coconut fibre.
Biotic is a sustainably sourced, biobased, biodegradable bioplastic derived from blending fibre composites of agricultural waste feedstock with a non-toxic, inert plasticiser. It provides a sustainable approach to the elimination of plastic usage through direct substitution.
Naza Agape Foundation plans to produce affordable and biodegradable sanitary pads using an innovative and eco-friendly approach using banana fibre, a very abundant plant product which is an ideal substitute for polypropylene used in conventional pads.
Regenize, through Zero-Waste Spaza (ZWS), can plug into any existing spaza shop and enables it to become a zero-waste shop where their customers can shop without creating plastic waste and enable customers to live a healthier lifestyle.
She Eco Response has developed the Wash, Hang and Store Kit, designed to reduce the stigma around reusable menstrual pads and encourage more women and girls to consider green mensuration across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Toto Safi’s solution is a reusable cloth diapers service so that parents do not have to choose between convenience and pollution. Through this app, parents will be able to receive a fresh bundle of sterilised and affordable cloth diapers.
UIRI manufactures biodegradable and bio-compostable paper packaging bags from agricultural fibres of banana pseudo stem, sugarcane bagasse and other alternative product to reduce the usage of the polythene bag.
ShoppingBag is a resuable, recycleable and biodegradeable bags thats allows people to get paid or earn rewards on every usage.
