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The business started last year and has already given a new purpose to 40 tons of discarded plastic bottles in Cambodia. The brooms, which are more robust than normal brooms, are sold at affordable prices.
Over the past 11 months, a team of workers has transformed around 40 tons of discarded plastic bottles (around 5000 bottles a day) into durable and affordable brooms in a small warehouse in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital city. The idea for upcycling comes from Cambodian entrepreneur Has Kea, 41, who wants to reduce plastic pollution in his community.
The process begins with Kea buying empty plastic bottles from collectors and garbage dumps. The empty bottles are then shredded into strips and grouped together in a machine, before being softened in hot water and cut evenly to be sewn with metal threads onto the ends of a bamboo stick.
The warehouse produces 500 brooms a day, which are said to be more robust than normal brooms. These are sold for 10 000 riel (2.50 dollars) and 15 000 riel (3.75 dollars) each.
“This also helps to reduce environmental pollution and encourages people to collect plastic bottles to sell to us at a higher price, which in turn can give them a better life,” Kea told Reuteurs. Reuteurs.
According to its environmental department, Phnom Penh produces up to 38 000 tons of all kinds of waste every day and about a fifth of it is single-use plastic that ends up in landfills and waterways. This business thus offers a sustainable solution to the city’s (and the country’s) waste crisis.
Faced with a seemingly endless supply, Kea is confident about the longevity of his business and welcomes the entry of competitors into the market.
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