Nonpareil Greenhouse seeks workforce to complete eco-friendly project

The Nonpareil Greenhouse Club, East Coast of Demerara (ECD), is calling for the public’s assistance in completing an eco-friendly building and community park in the community.
The Club is urging persons to become volunteers as it makes every effort to complete the project.
The Club noted that it has acquired all the materials necessary for the construction but is seeking the help of volunteers to complete the fencing that will be done using used tyres.
About 1000 tyres will be used for the fence and some parts of the building, while plastic bottles will be used to replace concrete hollow blocks by filling them with cement mixture. This would reduce the amount of waste being burnt by the community, reduce pollution and prevent flooding due to blockages caused by excess plastics.

A few weeks ago, the Public Relations Officer of the Nonpareil Greenhouse Club, Anthony Stanislaus, revealed that plans were being finalised to construct the second phase of the project – the building – using unwanted materials such as plastic bottles, unwanted tyres, among other non-biodegradable waste items.
“The glass bottle is used by breaking it up and put it in the cement mixture which will strengthen the mixture and get rid of the glass bottle. As for the tyres, we will be using them to make the fence with it.”
The building, which will be 1400 square feet, will serve as a multipurpose centre for the benefit of the community upon completion, while the surroundings will be made into a park with trees and recreational amenities for residents.
“The building will have it a normal column, beams and foundation made of cement but now instead of using hollow block, we putting plastic bottles. So now this will help to get rid of all the plastic bottles in the drainage and canal system and also lying around the places. So it will keep a clean and healthy environment.”
The Club is engaging in these initiatives to spread awareness on the hazardous effect that improper disposal of waste can have on our health and the environment.
The project, which commenced in September of last year with the placement of a fence around the area, will conclude with the construction of the building. This is scheduled to be concluded by the end of 2018. It will follow many other such projects that will follow shortly after.