Alphonso De Armas
“I see some people saying they don’t want to live in a garbage house or it might cause them to get cancer but this goes through an industrial process just like cement does.
“It doesn’t smell, it doesn’t release any toxic fumes… it is made from materials we use every day. There are other materials we use in construction like PVC which is a lot more toxic,” De Armas added.
The News Room understands that one house uses up to three tons of plastic.
Currently, it is being imported but plants are afoot to set up a facility here to use local plastic waste to make the materials needed.
The company is currently in talks with the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development on this front.
It will take some time for Guyana to evolve into that kind of arrangement of using trash for building materials. But in the meantime, the materials are being imported with the technology and engineers in the country for construction.
“A facility here can be transformative,” De Armas added noting that already scores of persons have reached out to the company via its social media pages.
“People are interested!”
The affordable and flexible building materials can be used to construct structures for health centers, classrooms, houses and industrial storage among others.
