Waste Free Oceans (WFO) has built shelters made from mixed plastics for local refugee communities in Greece.
The mixed plastic has been collected from the ocean and land, which has then been converted into panels that are used to build the affordable houses/shelters.
WFO says its mission is to find a long-term sustainable solution to the issue of refugees by implementing this concept in Greece.
Overall, the organisation hopes to be actively involved in local prevention, by educating people, involving them in home rebuilding and raising awareness on waste collection and sorting.
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Last month, Alexandre Dangis, WFO Founder and Luc Mellaerts, WFO The Americas met with Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides and presented ways in which WFO could help the region with the humanitarian shelter project.
Alexandre Dangis, WFO Founder, said: "Driving the limits of plastics recycling to the extreme to contribute to social housing and emergency shelters is a win-win situation for Greece. At the same time, this social, humanitarian project has an educational purpose that should not be underestimated.”
