Ethiopia announced on Monday that it was banning the importation of plastic bags as part of the country's green growth initiatives. It is good but I think the best solution is having plastic recycling industries because (1) more jobs (2) greener environment (3) technological experience (4) related research and innovation. The discussion below takes a look at possibility of plastic recycling business in Ethiopia.
1. Product Description: This project idea is about reclaiming of thermoplastic materials to their original state of polyprelene, polurethine, polystsernene or polyvinyl chloride granules and powder. This reclaiming of waste plastic materials to their original state enables, with proportionate compounding of additives and filters, the availability of locally of the raw material used in the manufacture of PVC floor tiles, ball point pen cases, switch boxes, crates, cups an extruded pipes, sewerage PVC pipes and plastic twines or ropes.
2. Market Potential: The demand for products which are from reprocessed waste plastic materials has been increasing at a faster rate during the last 10-15 years. This is particularly true for products such as plastic creates, plastic cups and plates, extruded pipes, PVC floor tiles, plastic ropes. If discarded plastic products
