projects
Recycling plastic into art and building materials
Completed
Challenge
The arrival of forcibly displaced populations had resulted in waste-management issues and expanded landfills, creating severe sanitation issues in the city of Timbuktu.
Solution
Association Gouna-Thieré is working to clean up the living environment of displaced people with a community-based, cash-for-work programme to collect plastic waste and recycle it into artwork and paving stones.
Impact
250 people, including 150 forcibly displaced women, benefit from improved livelihood opportunities as waste collectors and art/paving stones makers, with 250 tonnes of plastic waste recycled into beautiful and useful materials.
Project impact
36
waste collectors generate income via community-based waste collection & recycling system
250
women & youth affected by forced displacement enjoy enhanced livelihood opportunities
45
tons of plastic transformed into paving stones, eco bins, & other products in 3 months
Other information
The initiative expanded recycling and waste collection capacity beyond initial expectations.