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�Ecological construction material�(Cambodia) |
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"Eco-Bricks is the brainchild of Sok Thy, who was inspired to start the business after realizing the environmental damage that plastics cause.
Founded in 2019, the social enterprise collects plastic waste from schools and communities to make plastic bricks, clean up the environment, create more jobs in the community and provide an opportunity for low-income families to have shelter.
Thy�s plastic bricks are longer and larger than typical clay bricks. They have special small holes which constitute an insulation system to trap heat. The bricks are 15cm by 30cm by 10cm.
It is not clear how much of plastic is converted to produce each brick, but Thy offers a brick to anyone in the community for every 2.5kg of plastic waste they collect. Plastic materials like bags, cutlery, straws and containers are collected and delivered to the enterprise for cleaning and drying. Then it is packed tightly and can be used as a building block.
The holes in the interlocking bricks make building fences, garden enclosures and gateways effortless.
Thy�s bricks also promote affordable homes. He claims that the bricks make building faster and people can do it themselves.
Eco-Bricks can be deconstructed and moved without cement. Building gateways and interior decorations do not require cement, which makes it simple and easy to re-arrange.
Link: https://www.phnompenhpost.com/lifestyle- creativity-innovation/one-mans-waste-another-mans- house
Lucky iron fish(Cambodia)
A Canadian student named Christopher Charles working in the rural Cambodia came up with the idea of the iron fish after realizing that the villages of Cambodia are highly affected by the deficiency of iron in their diet. He first came with a concept of dropping a piece of iron into the cooking pot so that the vegetables and other ingredients can be rich in iron as they get boiled in the cooking pot but the plan didn�t work because the villagers did not like the concept of putting an ugly piece of iron into their food.
After realizing that the everything revolves around fish in Cambodia and the villagers consider fish to be lucky, he came up with the idea of a fish design for the iron block.
L i n k : h t t p s : / / w w w . n p r . o r g / s e c t i o n s / thesalt/2015/12/25/434942455/in-cambodia-lucky-iron- fish-for-the-cooking-pot-could-fight-anemia
8-year-old innovator- Mexico
X�chitl Guadalupe Cruz, a 8 years old girl from Chiapas, has invented a device to help low-income families and was recognized by UNAM�s Institute of Nuclear Sciences for her outstanding scientific achievement.
She has designed and constructed a solar-powered device to heat water, using only recycled materials.
Using only discarded materials like bottles, wood, and plastics, she crafted a heating device that runs on a free and readily available energy source: the sun.
X�chitl�s family helped her set up the device on their roof and have been using it to heat water to bathe
Link: https://makerfairerome.eu/en/8-year-old-mexican- girl-wins-nuclear-sciences-prize-for-her-invention/
asier for disabled people to use it without anyone�s help.
The device has three outlets for soap, water and hand dryer.
L i n k : h t t p s : / / w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m / watch/?v=595671704662183
A sustainable approach to clean the environment
Emmanuel Mac-Boima, is the founder of �Shae Recycling�, a company that collects waste from people�s houses in a responsible and safe way, and reuses it. They turn plastic into pavement tiles, ideal to use outdoors, turn tyres into armchairs and other recycled plastic objects into pencil holders, gift boxes and flower pots.
He was moved by a desire to create impact in his community, generate jobs and create a value chain
L i n k:h t t p s:// g et i n t h e r in g .co/in n o va t i o n-in - sierra- leone-the-fight- to- enable- the-ecosystem/
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Honey Bee, 31(1-2) ,17-18, 2020 |
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