E-Cover (Dakar, Senegal)/fr
Organization name
E-Cover (Dakar, Senegal)
Organization link
Organization type
Organisation du mouvement social (OMS)
Country
Current focus/area
Déchet
Recycling
Description/notes
E-cover is Senegal's first and only tire-recycling company that turns discarded truck tires into 3 major products; Astroturf filler (specifically, the FIFA-certified crumb rubber used for soccer fields), tire chips that cement factories use as a lower-emission form of fuel, and metal rods that get melted down and used in construction.
Compendium source
14° 29' 50.64" N, 14° 27' 8.64" W