Plastycor
Plastycor is a social enterprise working in the protection of the environment through the management of plastic waste.
We work in awareness-raising, training, upcycling (recycling) and selective collection of plastic waste. Nicole Menemene is the founder of Plastycor. She is also co-founder of the Tilatopia project, a project to build an island on Lake Kivu placed on more than 1 million plastic bottles.
She is involved in other waste management initiatives such as Mariposa Fashion, a textile waste recovery project. To date, Plastycor has produced several works ( Based on plastic bottles, plastic bags, flip flops, bagsfood, bags of cement) chairs, walls with masonry and without masonry, bins and multipurpose baskets, flowers and flower pots, coasters,...
Headquarter Country
the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Geographies served
the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Issue areas addressed
Circular Economy
Communities served
Indigenous peoples Women Youth
SDGs focus
SDG 1 - No Poverty SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities