Ghana - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

Lorbar is dedicated to addressing the global food waste crisis by offering waste management services to schools and food production companies. The food waste is recycled into very affordable organic products to aid small and local farmers.

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

Lorbar Eco Solutions champions sustainable waste management, particularly in high schools and food production companies (like restaurants) and produces affordable recycled organic products for agriculture. This initiative aims to enhance agricultural practices for local and urban farmers while conserving the environment. Its innovative 'Recycle as it flows' strategy accelerates production by collaborating with schools and food businesses to ensure waste segregation at the source, eliminating the labor-intensive, energy and time-consuming sorting process. This approach not only speeds up production but also addresses potential issues related to waste accumulation, such as odors and pests. Additionally, other segregated waste materials such as plastic and metals are traded with specialized companies, further supporting the recycling system. The organic products will be advertised through digital and traditional media, retailed out to farmers at an affordable and fixed nationwide price.

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

Lorbar Eco Solutions aims to provide a reliable waste management system, particularly for high schools, which often rely on internal dump sites and landfills for waste disposal due to the sheer quantity of the waste generated on a daily basis. The dump sites pose significant health hazards to resident students and teachers and also poses a significant risk to the environment through carbon gas and methane emission. By implementing proper waste segregation and collection, we seek to totally eliminate these hazards. With same methods, it also aims to provide an affordable waste management system for restaurants. Lorbar also aims to support local and small-scale urban farmers by offering the most affordable animal feed and organic fertilizers hence, reducing their unwilling dependence on chemical fertilizers and expensive feed. Generally, Lorbar aims to provide solutions to food waste by converting them into innovative products.

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your project intends to provide (at least 3).

-Eliminating internal dumping sites in schools significantly reduces exposure to harmful waste, protecting students and teachers from potential health risks. -Implementing effective waste segregation and recycling practices reduces landfill use, lowers greenhouse gas emissions, and minimizes environmental pollution. -Providing affordable organic fertilizers and animal feed helps local and small-scale urban farmers reduce their farming costs, enhancing their profitability and sustainability. -Our commitment to innovation and adopting new technologies to improve waste management and recycling processes to process complex organic waste example: coconut and palm waste.

01.04 Please describe who exactly your project is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

The project serves senior high schools and food production companies (restaurants, grocery shops, hotels etc) as well as Local farmers. While providing a solution to waste accumulation in these institutions, we also serve local farmers with affordable organic fertilizers and feeds. The project also aims to serve the general community by organizing general clean up exercises, dump site clearance and education for the general public about the ways to efficiently manage their household waste rather than burn or improperly disposing them off.

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2019-01-01

01.06 How many other partners are associated with your business venture?

2

01.07 Among the other partners, how many are female?

0

01.08 Please describe the profile of each of the other partners (skills, experience, etc.)

Mahama Sadiq Fareed is a seasoned veterinarian with quality animal care experience and extensive experience in formulating nutritious feed for diverse livestock, driving healthy animal growth and well-being. He possesses the experience to help research, innovate, experiment and produce the best and affordable nutritious animal feed using waste as a raw material. Ismail Abdul-Rasheed is a certified IT specialist with experience and skills in Web designing and development, database management systems, and network management. He has the necessary skills to solve day-to-day IT related issues, tackle digital marketing and manage a website that would be created display our good and services and enable efficient customer interaction.

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

01.10 Which industry best describes your project?

b) Materials (agriculture, fishing, chemical products, construction materials, containers and packaging, metals and mining, paper and forest products)

02.01.01 My project contributes to the No poverty goal

4

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

By converting organic waste into nutritious products such as animal feed and compost, the company contributes to efforts to end hunger by providing local, small and medium scale farmers with a very affordable and quality option for their animal and crop farms to boost their annual yields and gains.

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

7 - Strongly Agree

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

The current means of waste disposal especially in senior high schools is very hazardous to the student and teacher residents. By collecting these wastes from these highly populated schools regularly, we reduce the risk of disease outbreaks and many more, therefore, ensuring good health and well-being in these institutions.

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

6

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

Lorbar will educate the general public about the importance of waste segregation and also how important it is for us to recycle our waste instead of the orthodox means such as burning and dumping in landfills. Lorbar will also provide opportunities for students to brainstorm and create new innovations using waste as a raw material for prizes and scholarships.

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

6

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

The company will provide equal hiring and leadership opportunities for all employees (male and female). As part our passion to help and promote female farmers, special discounts and free compost applying classes will be provided to them.

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

6

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

By providing adequate color-coded segregation dustbins and teaching students about the importance and ways to segregate their waste, the company promotes Sanitation in these senior high schools and other institution it collaborates with.

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

5

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

As part of the company's commitment to zero waste and climate action, we shall explore opportunities to integrate biogas mining into our operations. Lorbar will also use renewable energy sources such as solar panels to provide electricity for operations.

02.08.01 My project contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

7 - Strongly Agree

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification

Lorbar contributes to decent work and economic growth by creating jobs, supporting local businesses, adding value to waste material and generating revenue through the sales of its products and services.

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

6

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

Through creation of workshops and recycling competitions for students and general public across the nation, the company contributes to bringing new innovations in which different forms of waste can be recycled further to meet human needs.

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

4

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

5

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

The company promotes responsible consumption by reducing waste generation and implementing efficient recycling processes. By turning organic waste into valuable products, the company contributes to sustainable production practices.

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

Through our waste recycling initiatives, Lorbar helps mitigate climate change by reducing methane emissions from landfills by diverting waste from food production companies from those landfills to our recycling facility. By permanently eliminating dumpsites in these high schools, we seek to help mitigate climate change further. By promoting circular economy principles, the company supports efforts to combat global warming and its impacts.

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

By diverting organic waste from landfills and repurposing it, the company contributes to the preservation of land. Land spaces used in high schools as dump site can be repurposed into vegetable gardens (considering the rich nature of dumpsite soil) or classroom buildings.

02.16.01 My project contributes to the Peace justice and strong institutions goal

1 - Strongly Disagree

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

6

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

Lorbar collaborates with senior high schools, local communities, farms, and businesses to achieve its sustainability objectives. Lorbar also partners with other recycling businesses specialized in other forms of waste. By fostering partnerships, the company promotes collective action and knowledge sharing for sustainable development.

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

5

05.02 The product/service we envision creating represents an entirely new type of product/service.

2

05.03 The product/service we envision creating could be described as a new technology.

4

05.04 The product/service we envision creating is an improvement on an existing product or service.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.05 The product/service we envision creating could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

6

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

7 - Strongly Agree

05.07 The product/service we envision creating is a new version of an old product/service.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.08 Justification

05.09 Who are your main potential competitors and what makes you stand out from them?

My main competitors are large scale compost production companies. However, there is still a significantly huge demand for not just compost but affordable and effective compost. These companies mostly take their raw materials from the landfills, taking days or even weeks to sort it out by their type of waste (plastic, scrap metal, organic) before it can be processed. Lorbar Eco `Solutions stands out by collecting waste already segregated in the schools and the other companies which doesn't only benefit them but also saves the company time and money which would have been allocated for sorting. This reduces production cost in general hence, positively affects the price of the product, therefore satisfying the demand for very affordable animal feed and compost for many farmers. The products we aim to create will go through series of lab and field testing/experiments and adjustments to make sure that every batch produced is in the best quality and satisfy a specific need.

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

No specific initiative currently