True, it took us more time than we planned, bit tougher than what we thought, but no excuse for the delay of this newsletter. Amidst all, the good news… Our Plastic Recycling Unit Is Working !!! Yesterday some plastic was shredded and formed at our end. Our 3 machines work: shredder with extruder, (a dual facility operated by a single motor) and […]
Our new plastic recycling project – and monsoon – is kicking off! We found a way! Our crazy little idea is coming out of its nutshell and attracting attention. It is a major challenge to solve the plastic issue in places where there is NO solution at all. But not only that. Our idea is
It took us more time that we thought to figure out how to make the machines for our unit. Mainly because we couldn’t find the correct place and people to make the machines. Our first idea was to involve the mechanical engineers’ students, but no one seemed interested to include this into the College curriculum.
The workspace was before a dumping area so the first job was to get it cleaned up. We decided to get a bigger space so masons did some work and Laurent did the roof. We still need to do some electricity work once the machines arrive, and get the storage place, but that will come
Our crowdfunding campaign just ended and in and out the Chuffed platform we reached 6’355 CHF. For us, that’s a total success!! We are proud of our friends, family, and all people who have spent time to go through our project and support our crazy idea. It’s hard to ask money, so we are proud
Have look on https://chuffed.org/project/antennaecopark Our project : local community development through plastic waste How to turn the plague of plastic waste into an opportunity for the local communities in Southern India? Plastic is everywhere, in the field, the road side, on the river shore, in the sea and in front of people’s house. We figured
Why this platform? We opted for the Australian platform www.chuffed.org because they focus mainly on non-profit campaign and don’t charge any compulsory fee. So, people donated to Chuffed when donating to our project.Positive feedback: easy to set up, no compulsory fee for donors, all donations go to youNegative feedback: only a few countries and currencies,
