Plastic bricks in Kenya - NZAMBI MATEE - Young Champion of the Earth 2020 for Africa
Summary
TLDRZambi Mate, founder of Django Makers Limited, addresses the global plastic waste crisis by converting plastic into building products. In Nairobi, 500 metric tons of plastic waste are generated daily, with only a small fraction recycled. Django Makers not only helps companies dispose of waste at a cost but also upcycles it into strong, lightweight bricks. With a current capacity of 1000-1500 bricks daily, the company aims to recycle 50 metric tons by next year. The Young Champions of the App award serves as a motivation booster, propelling them to scale their solution across Africa and inspire youth to act for nature.
Takeaways
- 🌍 Zambi Mate is the founder of Django Makers Limited, a company addressing the global issue of plastic waste.
- 🏙 Nairobi generates approximately 500 metric tons of plastic waste daily, with only a small portion being recycled.
- 💡 Django Makers Limited converts plastic waste into building products, offering a solution to companies that need to dispose of waste.
- 🔨 The company uses a process involving an extruder and press to mix plastic waste with sand at high temperatures, creating strong, fibrous bricks.
- 🚚 Their bricks are lighter, which reduces transportation and installation costs.
- 🔝 Django Makers Limited has the capacity to produce 1000 to 1500 bricks daily and has recycled 20 metric tons of plastic so far.
- 🎯 The company aims to increase its recycling capacity to 50 metric tons by the end of the next financial year.
- 🏆 The Young Champions of the App award serves as a significant motivation for the team, acknowledging their hard work over three years.
- 🤝 Django Makers Limited is seeking partners to scale their solution across Africa and inspire youth to take similar initiatives.
- 🏗️ The company plans to expand from making paving blocks to producing actual building blocks.
- 💪 Zambi Mate's personal motivation stems from a desire to actively combat plastic pollution, embodying the spirit of taking bold action for the environment.
Q & A
What is the main objective of Django Makers Limited?
-Django Makers Limited aims to convert plastic waste into building products, addressing the global issue of plastic pollution.
How much plastic waste does Nairobi generate daily?
-Nairobi generates about 500 metric tons of plastic waste every single day.
What percentage of the generated plastic waste in Nairobi is recycled?
-Only a fraction of the 500 metric tons of plastic waste generated daily in Nairobi is recycled.
How does Django Makers Limited's approach benefit companies?
-Companies have to pay to dispose of their waste, and by using Django Makers Limited's service, they can solve their waste disposal problem.
What materials are used to make the bricks produced by Django Makers Limited?
-The bricks are made by mixing plastic waste with sand, where the plastic acts as a binder.
What is the role of the extruder and press in the brick-making process?
-The extruder mixes plastic waste and sand at high temperatures, and the press compresses the mixture to form bricks.
Why do the bricks made by Django Makers Limited have a stronger compression strength?
-The bricks have a stronger compression strength because plastic is fibrous in nature, which enhances the structural integrity of the bricks.
What is the current daily production capacity of Django Makers Limited?
-Django Makers Limited has a capacity of producing 1000 to 1500 bricks a day.
How much plastic waste has Django Makers Limited recycled so far?
-So far, Django Makers Limited has recycled 20 metric tons of plastic waste.
What is Django Makers Limited's goal for the next financial year?
-By the end of the next financial year, Django Makers Limited aims to increase their recycling capacity to 50 metric tons.
How does the Young Champions of the Earth award impact Django Makers Limited?
-The Young Champions of the Earth award serves as a motivation booster for Django Makers Limited, validating their efforts and hard work over the past three years.
What are Django Makers Limited's future plans for expansion?
-Django Makers Limited plans to scale their solution not just in Kenya but all over Africa, and they also aim to start producing actual building blocks in addition to paving blocks.
What motivates the founder of Django Makers Limited to tackle plastic waste?
-The founder, Zambi Mate, was tired of being a bystander to plastic pollution and decided to take action, even without a clear plan at first, to make a difference for nature.
Outlines
🌍 Tackling Global Plastic Waste
Zambi Mate, the founder of Django Makers Limited, introduces their initiative to convert plastic waste into building products. The company addresses the global issue of plastic pollution, highlighting the significant amount of waste generated daily in Nairobi, Kenya. Despite the vast amount of waste, only a small fraction is recycled. Django Makers Limited offers a solution by turning waste into valuable resources, helping companies dispose of their waste and in turn receiving the plastic for free. The process involves mixing plastic with sand, using an extruder and press to create bricks with high compression strength. The company has already recycled 20 metric tons and aims to increase production to 50 metric tons by the next financial year. They are motivated by the Young Champions of the App Award and are looking to scale their solution across Africa and beyond, transitioning from paving blocks to actual building blocks.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Plastic Waste
💡Recycling
💡Django Makers Limited
💡Building Products
💡Plasticquest
💡Extruder
💡Compression Strength
💡Paving Blocks
💡Young Champions of the App Award
💡Scalability
💡Motivation
Highlights
Zambi Mate is the founder of Django Makers Limited, a company that converts plastic waste into building products.
Plastic waste is a global issue, with Nairobi generating about 500 metric tons of plastic waste daily.
Only a fraction of the plastic waste in Nairobi is recycled.
Django Makers Limited offers a solution by converting plastic waste into building materials, benefiting both the environment and businesses.
Companies pay Django Makers to dispose of their waste, making the rest of the process essentially cost-free.
Plastic waste is mixed with sand to create a binder for making bricks.
The company uses three machines to mix, heat, and compress the plastic and sand into bricks.
Plastic's fibrous nature contributes to the brick's strong compression strength.
The bricks made are lighter, reducing transportation and installation costs.
Django Makers has the capacity to produce 1000 to 1500 bricks daily.
The company has recycled 20 metric tons of plastic waste and aims to increase this to 50 by the next financial year.
The Young Champions of the App award serves as a motivation booster for the Django Makers team.
The journey of Django Makers has been a three-year endeavor, with the award acknowledging their efforts.
The company is looking to scale its solution across Africa and find partners to expand its impact.
Django Makers plans to move beyond paving blocks to producing actual building blocks.
Zambi Mate's personal motivation stems from a desire to actively combat plastic waste, leading to the creation of Django Makers.
The company's mission is to act for nature, turning a problem into a solution.
Transcripts
let's turn trash
into cash
my name is zambi mate i'm the founder of
django makers limited
and we convert plastic waste into
building products
plasticquest is not just a kenya problem
but it's a worldwide problem
and here in nairobi we generate about
500 metric tons of plastic waste every
single day
and only a fraction of that is recycled
we decided what more can we do
instead of just sitting in the sidelines
and complaining essentially companies
have to pay to dispose the waste
so we solve their problem the rest
essentially comes for free
this is the plastic quests we get from
batteries with this we mix with
sand as the plastic is like the binder
we have three machines the extruder does
the mixing of plastic waste the sand
at very high temperatures and then the
press
compresses it plastic is fibrous in
nature
and so therefore the brick ends up
having a stronger compression strength
does that look like waste it's almost
half the weight
so therefore during transportation and
installation it's faster in terms of
cost implication
we right now have a capacity of
producing 1000 to 1500 bits a day
so far we have recycled 20 metric tons
and we are looking to push that value to
50 by the end of next financial year
we think the young champions of the app
award is a huge motivation booster for
us
as a team it's been a long three year
journey and so this was like someone
saying i see what you're doing and i
appreciate that
and with this platform we're looking to
see how we can get on both partners
to scale this solution not just in kenya
but all over africa just to start
and in addition to that be able to
impact and motivate other people and
other youths to do similar things in
different places
so right now we are just making paving
blocks but we now want to make actual
building blocks
as i like saying you have to be true to
your why why are you doing this what is
the motivation behind it
for me i was just tired of being in the
sidelines of seeing plastic
i ideally jumped in off a cliff without
even a parachute i was building it as i
was falling down
but isn't that how great things are done
so act
for nature
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