By Nneka Nwogwugwu
Mckingtorch Africa has commissioned Ghana’s first-ever bus shelter made from plastic waste at Dzorwulu Junction.
The bus shelter was made from the plastic waste of gallons, water bottles, as well as flip flops collected from the shores of beaches with funding from Geodrill Ghana Limited and support from Academic City University College.
After its completion, Mckingtorch Africa has on Thursday, commissioned the project being documented on behalf of the Bill Gate foundation by the BBC.
Giving his address at the commissioning ceremony, Founder and CEO for Mckingtorch Africa, Makafui Awuku explained that the general object of the project is to explore the use of plastic waste to find other alternative use for plastic, wood, and other building materials.
“The specific objective relates to designing, fabricating, installing sustainable public space shelters from recycled materials to promote further research and investigate into plastic waste in Ghana, discover how these materials respond to adverse weather, promote private partnership, explore sustainable ways of keeping plastic waste out of the environment and then pursuing the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 of sustainable communities and cities to make public spaces safer,” he shared.
After successfully putting up the first of his kind, Makafui Awuku notes that his outfit is determined to fabricate and install a lot more of these shelters across the country and on the African continent through the partnerships that it has.
He further appealed to the private sector and capable individuals to support Mckingtorch Africa to embark on more projects in dealing with plastic waste in the country.
Mckingtorch Africa has been the brains behind some mind-blowing plastic waste innovations and is responsible for most of the Christmas decorations made from plastic seen in parts of Africa in December 2021 during the yuletide period.
