Children in Côte d’Ivoire soon will benefit from new educational opportunities, and they have plastic waste to thank. There is a severe shortage of classrooms in the country, with some kindergartens ...

An curved arrow pointing right. This one innovation could help resolve two of the world's biggest issues: homelessness and pollution. Oscar Andres Mendez and his team at Conceptos Plásticos have ...

While it may look unassuming at first glance, this house is truly revolutionary. The 430 square foot home is made from LEGO-like recycled plastic bricks, it cost 20,000 pesos ($6,800) to construct, ...

Conceptos plásticos es una ‘startup’ o empresa joven colombiana que se dedica a recuperar el plástico para construir viviendas, aulas y refugios para mejorar las condiciones de vida de comunidades ...

Thousands more children on two continents will be able to attend school in new buildings made from plastic waste that would otherwise be discarded. Used plastics already have been used to create new ...

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In Bogota, 700 tons of plastic is discarded daily, with only 100 tons of that recycled. But that’s all beginning to change, thanks to the work of architect Oscar Mendez. His company, Conceptos ...

Plastic bricks made via a recycling process developed by a Colombian social enterprise are being used to help tackle a huge shortfall of classrooms in the West African nation of Ivory Coast. Experts ...

Plastic litters the streets of the coastal city of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast. UNICEF says that more than 280 tonnes of plastic waste (approximately the weight of 150 cars) is produced each day in the ...

Conceptos plásticos es una ‘startup’ o empresa joven colombiana que se dedica a recuperar el plástico para construir viviendas, aulas y refugios para mejorar las condiciones de vida de comunidades ...

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