Thirteen years ago a young man from Kariobangi, a suburb of Nairobi, decided to find a way of recycling the huge amounts of waste in the city’s streets. He found the Continental Renewable Energy (COREC) company which produces poles for use in construction, farming, and road signage made of plastic waste. Most of the customers are farmers and developers who once used wooden fence poles. At the moment the company would like to increase the production to meet growing demand. But the machines can only handle 80-100 tonnes of plastic per month and the cost of the recycling machinery is a serious constraint.
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