Meet the KZN man who makes colourful mats from plastic waste
The colourful mats you're looking at are not made from wool or cotton or any other fabric, nor were they sewn by machine.Minenhle Simelane is the man who makes these mats from plastic waste he recycles from townships. Minenhle launched his mat business this year and his products have been sold all over the country. Most of his customers find him on Facebook.
Each mat costs R100 and is up to 1,5m long. It takes the entrepreneur about three hours to make a single piece. Minenhle believes that his business will inspire his community of Umlazi to always look after the environment. Minenhle first made the mats when he was five, after his late maternal grandmother, Ntombizodwa Simelane, showed him how.
“For me, this is not only keeping the environment clean, but as I was unemployed, I’m now able to make money and support myself. “I’m a person who loves the environment. As much as this is a business idea, for me, it is based on having a solution to protect the environment from pollution. The more my business grows, the more we will have clean townships,’’ he says.
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