E-Cover (Dakar, Senegal)/fr

Organization name

E-Cover (Dakar, Senegal)

Organization link

http://e-cover.co/

Organization type

Organisation du mouvement social (OMS)

Country

Sénégal

Current focus/area

Déchet

Recyclage

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