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Plastycor

Plastycor is a social enterprise working in the protection of the environment through the management of plastic waste. We work in awareness-raising, training, upcycling (recycling) and selective collection of plastic waste. Nicole Menemene is the founder of Plastycor. She is also co-founder of the Tilatopia project, a project to build an island on Lake Kivu placed on more than 1 million plastic bottles. She is involved in other waste management initiatives such as Mariposa Fashion, a textile waste recovery project. To date, Plastycor has produced several works ( Based on plastic bottles, plastic bags, flip flops, bagsfood, bags of cement) chairs, walls with masonry and without masonry, bins and multipurpose baskets, flowers and flower pots, coasters,...

Headquarter Country

the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Geographies served

the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Issue areas addressed

Circular Economy

Climate

Health

Communities served

Indigenous peoples, Women, Youth

SDGS FOCUS

SDG 1 - No Poverty

SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Collaborators

Menemene Mugoli Jeanne-Nicole

Plastycor

 Bukavu

I am convinced that local solutions can contribute to solve global problems. I am able to help hilight local solutions from diffrent places. I am expect learning more about how solutions we create and apply today can help achieve the 2030 objectives.