Ghana - Startup under 3 years old

Describe your project or startup in a few words

We collect wastes plastics and recycle them using petroleum refinery process into economical fuel such as petrol diesel and gas

01.01 Describe your startup in more detail

Mus-plastics is a Business with the aim of recycling waste plastics into economical fuel such as petrol diesel and gas that will help to make Ghana clean from plastic waste pollution, creating jobs for women and youth in the country and also help to reduce the high cost of fuel and gas in the country.

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

Mus-plastics is solving plastics wastes pollution in the country and also reducing the rate of unknown in the country

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your startup provides (at least 3).

The benefits that our customers get from us is our fuel have help to reduce their fuel expenses made per day also help them to get more income at the end of the day and we are using that opportunity to create job and reduce plastic wastes pollution in the country

01.04 Please describe who exactly your startup’s product/service is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

Our customers are commercial drivers, motorcycles riders, companies and individual users

01.05 When was your company established?

2022-09-06

01.06 Are you already selling your product/service?

Yes

01.07 How many other owners are there within your startup?

1

01.08 Among the other owners, how many are female?

0

01.09 Please describe the profile of the other owners within your startup (skills, experience, etc.)

The business is Owned and managed by Mr Mustapha Ibrahim who is the founder of Mus-plastics

01.10 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link(s) here:

https://youtu.be/M4FbRApCh3M?si=nplC2Sgk1geb1ZHD

01.11 Which industry best describes your project?

a) Energy (equipment, services, sustainable energy and fuel)

02.01.01 My startup contributes to the No poverty goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification for my startup

Because job creation is our aim it is going to help to reduce the rate of poverty in the country

02.02.01 My startup contributes to the Zero hunger goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification for my startup

If people within the community have been employed it is going to reduce the rate of hunger in the country.

02.03.01 My startup contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

2

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification for my startup

Because we are helping to reduce plastic waste pollution, creating of diseases is also going to be reduce

02.04.01 My startup contributes to the Quality education goal

6

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification for my startup

We provide education to our waste collectors on the usefulness of plastics wastes

02.05.01 My startup contributes to the Gender equality goal

6

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification for my startup

It our aim to promote gender equality at our business centre

02.06.01 My startup contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification for my startup

Because our business helps to reduce waste pollution it the environmental clean

02.07.01 My startup contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification for my startup

We produce quality and affordable eco-friendly petrol diesel and gas at a low-cost rate

02.08.01 My startup contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

6

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification for my startup

We are promoting the usefulness of plastics wastes that will help to develop the economy

02.09.01 My startup contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

7 - Strongly Agree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification for my startup

We justify industrial innovative because we uses an innovative means to recycle the wastes plastics into fuel and gas

02.10.01 My startup contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

5

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification for my startup

We making a justification of providing inequality in our business online

02.11.01 My startup contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification for my startup

We are making communities sustainable because we are helping to make the environment clean from plastic waste pollution

02.12.01 My startup contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

6

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification for my startup

My business is also contributing to responsibile consumption and production

02.13.01 My startup contributes to the Climate action goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification for my startup

We want to reduce the CO2 that plastic wastes produces into the atmosphere

02.14.01 My startup contributes to the Life below water goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification for my startup

If the plastic waste pollution is been solved animals that lives in water will not feed on the waste plastics

02.15.01 My startup contributes to the Life on land goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification for my startup

If plastic waste pollution is been solved animals that lives on the land will not feed on the plastic wastes

02.16.01 My startup contributes to the Peace Justice and Strong Institutions goal

3

02.16.02 Peace Justice and Strong Institutions- Justification for my startup

It us our aim to maintain peace and security

02.17.01 My startup contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

6

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification for my startup

As a business partnership is one of the way to grow your business

06.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.02 The product/service represents an entirely new type of product/service.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.03 The product/service could be described as a new technology.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.04 The product/service is an improvement on an existing product or service.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.05 The product/service could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.06 The product/service responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.07 The product/service is a new version of an old product/service.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.08 Justification for my startup

There are more than ten legally registered recycling companies in Ghana but none of them are into production of recycling waste plastics into petrol diesel and gas and this shows the uniqueness and innovative side of business

06.09 Competitive Analysis

There are more than ten legally registered recycling companies in Ghana but none of them are into production of recycling waste plastics into petrol diesel and gas due to this we have no competitor yet.

11.05 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?

Yes is my aim to support women to have more entrepreneurship knowledge