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EcoBrick Nigeria – Turning Plastic Waste into Affordable Homes
Problem: Nigeria faces a 28-million-unit housing shortage while drowning in over 32 million tons of plastic waste each year, which blocks drains, pollutes waterways, and costs billions to manage, yet most low-income families still can’t afford decent blocks to build.
Solution: Collect plastic waste from cities, shred and melt-compress it into strong, interlocking eco-bricks, and sell them at 40–50% cheaper than cement blocks while creating green jobs for waste pickers and youth.
How It Works:
- Partner with estates, markets, and scavengers to collect PET bottles and plastic sachets via cash buy-back (₦200–₦300/kg).
- Run mobile or community-based shredder + compression machines to produce fire-resistant, interlocking eco-bricks in 2–3 hours.
- Sell directly to self-builders, small contractors, and developers at ₦200–₦350 per brick (vs ₦550–₦800 for cement blocks).
- Offer free design templates for 1–2-bedroom houses and certify bricks with the SON and FMENV eco-labels for credibility.
- App for ordering bricks, tracking waste collected, and connecting builders with trained eco-brick masons.
Who It’s For: Low and middle-income families building incrementally, estate developers looking for cheaper walls/partitions, waste pickers wanting a steady income, and eco-conscious contractors.
Why It’s Cool: Every house built with EcoBricks removes thousands of plastic bottles from the environment forever, slashes building costs by up to 40%, and turns trash collectors into proud suppliers of tomorrow’s homes – a real circular economy in action.
Execution Hint: Start with one mobile shredding unit in Lagos or Abuja, secure a 6-month waste-supply deal with 2–3 large estates or markets, and launch the first 50,000 bricks in a single low-cost estate project to prove strength and secure testimonials fast.
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