A Kenyan based company that recycles waste plastic into eco-friendly building material and sells the hardware to developers whose problem is high material cost.
Oscar Aghan
COREC
Major Achievements
- Kept 700 tons of waste from landfills and made 26,000 fence posts and over 10,000 roofing tiles in 2 years of operations;
- Generated US$ 150,000 revenue since inception;
- Built a customer base of 150 clients of which 60% are repeat;
- Established a network of 12 CBO’s supplying waste plastic, engaging 300 youths as micro-entrepreneurs;
- Listed by Ministry of Housing as an appropriate technology material supplier and awarded a patent for the technology;
- Winner of the Sankalp Africa Award 2014.
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