{"id":580,"date":"2022-08-16T02:49:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T02:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.hashthemes.com\/total\/?p=580"},"modified":"2024-10-23T19:52:20","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T19:52:20","slug":"recycled-plastic-to-prosthetics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rlcsouthernafrica.org\/?p=580","title":{"rendered":"Recycled plastic to prosthetics"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"580\" class=\"elementor elementor-580\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45ca2d08 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45ca2d08\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2fdae0ed\" data-id=\"2fdae0ed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17f38f79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17f38f79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var(--total-content-text-color); font-family: var(--total-body-family, Poppins); font-size: var(--total-body-size, 17px); font-style: var(--total-body-style, normal); font-weight: var(--total-body-weight, 400); letter-spacing: var(--total-body-letter-spacing, 0); text-transform: var(--total-body-text-transform, none);\">Marta V\u00e2nia Uetela is an engineering student and the founder of <\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-family: var(--total-body-family, Poppins); font-size: var(--total-body-size, 17px); font-style: var(--total-body-style, normal); font-weight: var(--total-body-weight, 400); letter-spacing: var(--total-body-letter-spacing, 0); text-transform: var(--total-body-text-transform, none);\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BioMecprosthetics\/\">BioMec. <\/a><span style=\"color: var(--total-content-text-color); font-family: var(--total-body-family, Poppins); font-size: var(--total-body-size, 17px); font-style: var(--total-body-style, normal); font-weight: var(--total-body-weight, 400); letter-spacing: var(--total-body-letter-spacing, 0); text-transform: var(--total-body-text-transform, none);\">A design and construction studio that designs and manufactures prosthesis from recycled plastic collected from the sea in Mozambique.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var(--total-content-text-color); font-family: var(--total-body-family, Poppins); font-size: var(--total-body-size, 17px); font-weight: var(--total-body-weight, 400); letter-spacing: var(--total-body-letter-spacing, 0); text-transform: var(--total-body-text-transform, none);\">She says her organisation has both a business and ecological commitment. In the next 3 years BioMec plans to reuse up to 20% of plastic residuals from Costa do Sol, one of the most polluted beaches in Mozambique.<\/span><\/p><p>BioMec has five staff members who builds innovative, stylish and affordable prosthesis within 24 hours compared to the conventional process which takes more than 1 000 hours and has the capacity to produce 20 prostheses per month. The biggest satisfaction for Marta comes from seeing amputees live ordinary lives, experience life without mobility restrictions, and have confidence in themselves.<\/p><p>BioMec received the 2nd best Innovation Start Up award in Africa by <a href=\"https:\/\/climatelaunchpad.org\/finalists\/biomec-2\/\">Climate Launch Pad<\/a>, the world\u2019s biggest competition for businesses with environmental and ecological orientation.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em>Original story &#8211; From litter to Limbs: <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/usaid-2030\/from-litter-to-limbs-979e5f4787c4\">https:\/\/medium.com\/usaid-2030\/from-litter-to-limbs-979e5f4787c4<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marta V\u00e2nia Uetela is an engineering student and the founder of BioMec. A design and construction studio that designs and manufactures prosthesis from recycled plastic collected from the sea in Mozambique. She says her organisation has both a business and ecological commitment. 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