2023-02-24
Nicole Menemene founded Plastycor to help fight plastic pollution, inspiring women and young people to join the cause and protect the environment.
Nicole Menemene is the 30-year-old Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Plastycor, a commercial establishment that recycles old plastic waste collected from lakeshores and dumpsites to make baskets, flowerpots, garbage cans, stools, and pedestal tables. The young entrepreneur works with a local network of young people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to reduce plastic pollution. Nicole’s company has 10 employees, but her goal is to “industrialise” their work. With her project and other local efforts, Menemene hopes to see a “90 per cent reduction of Lake Kivu’s pollution“. Turning old plastic waste into useful products “The idea of creating Plastycor came to my mind in 2016 when I saw a growing plastic waste invading rivers and clogging gutters. I started seeing local inhabitants disposing of waste in lakes and rivers. I was constantly appalled by our people’s... https://www.lifegate.com/nicole-menemene-fighting-plastic-pollution-in-congo
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