
Sustainable, Economic, Green
Out of the available natural resources, it is possible to establish conducive, and reliable accommodation. From its year of establishment to date , Scope Zimbabwe’s Chitubu demonstration centre is working with sustainable shelter structures, built from used tyres. “l build a house using old tyres, which serves sustainability and is not expensive. I then roof the structures using thatch. “ said Johannes Nyamhingura the building Scope Zimbabwe field officer. These structures combat against the issues of failure to recycle, as they support the issue of material reuse. According to a research at Metro Recycling, tyres take approximately 50-80 years to complete decompose in a landfill, following the vast amounts of Volumes of cars being imported is an increased demand for motor vehicle tyres thus increasing pollution which aids to global warming. In addition to cutting the costs required to build, these structures makes it easy to get rid of pollution and failure to dispose rubber. The use of thatch as a means to roof, saves from unhealthy veld fires.