From Plastic Waste to Concrete Solutions - with Ben Norton, Simon Teede, and Rainer von Urff Kaufeld from Ele Collection

Warning: This week's podcast episode contains an extreme story features a raging elephant, a rock and plastic pollution! This story resulted in Ele Collection, an organization founded to tackle plastic pollution in Southern Africa’s ecologically sensitive areas.

 

We are joined by Ben Norton, Simon Teede, and Rainer von Urff Kaufeld, who are representing Ele Collection and take us on a journey over the following main topics:

 

The Impact of Plastic Waste on the spread of diseases like cholera and E. coli, causing 4,900 deaths in three months in Zimbabwe and Zambia.

The severe lack of local waste management facilities in Zimbabwe.

Ele Collection’s pioneering plan to convert plastic into concrete and their pilot plant project in Victoria Falls.

Their plan to incentivize locals to collect plastic waste in hopes of fostering positive change.

 

To learn more about Ele Collection, visit www.elecollection.co/, or visit them on LinkedIn.