Zicla’s efforts are split into two streams. The first relates to its work with businesses and organizations, advising their leadership on how to best recover workplace waste and create sustainable opportunities within their teams. Zicla walks the walk, too, and its own workplace uses recyclable utilities and separates its waste for recovery.
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The second stream of the company is the creation of recycled products to improve urban areas. “Recycling plays a key role in the circular economy, and it is possible to make business out of waste,” says Alfredo Balmaceda, the founder and director of Zicla.
No two Zicla projects are the same. The company comes up with localized recycling projects based around community and organizational need, converting waste that has the potential for recovery into items that, in turn, work to promote a more sustainable environment.
Take, for example, the Zebra and Zipper mobility systems. Created by Zicla, these systems are flower pots or plastic nodes that create inexpensive and effective cycling lanes. They are made from 100% recycled PVC plastic, materials extracted from old electric sheathing and pipes. This product alone has been recognized with several eco-design awards.
