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Opération O2

A second life for materials: paving stones, bricks, street furniture, and commissions for Kinshasa makers.

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Kinshasa

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Step 1 of 4 · Product choice

The project

Useful materials, made from what the city threw away.

Sorting and energy production leave residues behind. Operation O2 turns them into materials for the city: paving stones, bricks and street furniture.

Part of the orders will go to Kinshasa makers. The material the city threw away comes back to its streets, schools and markets.

  • Paving stonesFor courtyards, pavements and school entrances.
  • BricksTo build with material the city used to throw away.
  • Street furnitureBenches and fittings for squares and markets.

Progress

Where the project stands.

The project's steps, in order. This page changes each time a step is completed.

  1. In progress

    Product choice

    Paving stones, bricks and street furniture: the three product families are set.

  2. Next

    Manufacturing

    Residues from the recovery plant become raw material.

  3. Next

    Kinshasa makers

    Orders placed with the city's makers.

  4. Next

    In the city

    Paving stones for courtyards and pavements, benches for squares and markets.

Our projects

Other projects

  • Green Attitude

    The campaign that turns sorting into a habit, district by district, with the city's schools, markets and artists.

    See the project
  • Local pre-collection

    Drop-off points in each neighbourhood and collectors paid by the kilo, on tricycles and motorbikes.

    See the project

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