Eco-Solve Innovations Africa · Nature's solution
Protection of our Environment
Every day, approximately 8 million pieces of plastic find their way into our ocean. We make cassava-based and plant-based alternatives that return to the earth.
“The generation that destroys the environment is not the generation that pays the price.”
— Wangari Maathai
1
Reduce
The first of the 3R's.
2
Re-Use
Decades of effort…
3
Recycle
…yet the environment is still at risk.
4
Return to Earth
Our 4th R: degradable technology from cassava.
The problem
More plastic than fish in the sea
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation study suggests that there would be more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050, if we don't act now.
300
Years to decompose plastic carrier bags (polythene)
1000
Years to decompose take-away packs (Styrofoam)
9%
Of plastic waste is recycled
73%
Of all beach litter is plastic
Solutions
Plant-based, for every sector
Agric sector
Cassava-based biodegradable materials are decomposable and eco-friendly solutions for seedling bags, planting pineapples and many agricultural processes.
Food packaging
Styrofoam packages are dangerous to your health and the environment. Switch to a plant-based product that is compostable and eco-friendly today.
Return to Earth
Biodegradable bags that turn into compost in landfills or soil within 4–6 months, with the same characteristics as polythene bags.
Cassava bag life cycle
Return to Earth
After decades of introducing the 3R's (Reduce, Re-Use and Recycle) as a measure of addressing single-use plastics, the environment is still at risk. Eco-Solve Innovations Africa (EIA) is introducing the 4th R (Return to Earth) using degradable technology from natural raw materials (cassava) to produce an alternative product that has the same characteristics as polythene bags.
Single-use plastic
Dangerous to our environment
The UN Environment Programme's (UNEP's) report From Pollution to Solution shows there is currently between 75–199 million tons of plastic waste in the ocean. By 2040 this will have almost tripled to 23–37 million tons per year. Plastics account for at least 85% of all marine waste.
72% of all plastics finally end up in landfill sites. The OECD Global Plastics Outlook found only 9% of plastic waste was recycled, 19% incinerated, almost 50% went to sanitary landfills and 22% leaked into the environment.
Switch to bags that return to earth.
Supermarkets, farmers, hotels, food vendors: let's talk.