Kinshasa waste recovery plant
The plant that turns Kinshasa's waste into electricity, with its sorting centre and recycling.
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Opération O2
The plant's residues become paving stones, bricks and street furniture, with commissions for Kinshasa makers.
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The project
Useful materials, made from what the city threw away.
Sorting and energy production leave residues behind. Operation O2 turns them into materials for the city: paving stones, bricks and street furniture.
Part of the orders will go to Kinshasa makers. The material the city threw away comes back to its streets, schools and markets.
- Paving stonesFor courtyards, pavements and school entrances.
- BricksTo build with material the city used to throw away.
- Street furnitureBenches and fittings for squares and markets.
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Where the project stands.
The project's steps, in order. This page changes each time a step is completed.
In progress
Product choice
Paving stones, bricks and street furniture: the three product families are set.
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Manufacturing
Residues from the recovery plant become raw material.
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Kinshasa makers
Orders placed with the city's makers.
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In the city
Paving stones for courtyards and pavements, benches for squares and markets.
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The campaign that turns sorting into a habit, district by district, with the city's schools, markets and artists.
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Local pre-collection
Drop-off points in each neighbourhood and collectors paid by the kilo, on tricycles and motorbikes.
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