Route 360 Solutions Initiative


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Project owner's name :
Mr Turay Joseph
Country of deployment for the project :
Sierra Leone
Sector :
Environment
What problem does your company want to solve? :
Route 360 Solutions Initiative aims to tackle the lack of affordable construction materials in Sierra Leone while reducing the country's marine/plastic pollution and climate change crises.
What solution does your company provide? :
Route 360 Solutions Initiative offers affordable, eco-friendly construction bricks and pavers made of plastic and sand through extrusion.
Describe your project :
Route 360 Solutions Initiative (R360SI) is a plastic recycling project that uses plastic waste as an alternative to cement to meet construction needs and reduce marine/plastic pollution and climate change in Sierra Leone. As a youth-led initiative, R360SI employ a community-based approach to collect single-plastic waste from homes and public places and transform it into eco-friendly building materials for house construction and pavement. These construction materials, made through an extrusion process of 20% plastic and 80% sand, absorb less water, require little mortar during use, and are 10% cheaper and two times stronger than their traditional counterparts, thus making them suitable to meet the high demand for affordable, sustainable construction materials in Sierra Leone.
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