Urban pressure is rising
Rapidly growing African cities generate more plastic waste every year while public walkways, drainage, and institutional surfaces continue to degrade.
About ECOCITY
Infrastructure logic,
Infrastructure logic,
not recycling language.
ECOCITY is a circular urban infrastructure company. We turn plastic waste into composite pavement — engineered, deployed, and measured on real public sites.
Who we are
A research-driven Ethiopian enterprise.
ECOCITY transforms plastic waste into high-quality, low-carbon composite products for durable, climate-resilient urban infrastructure.
Locally manufactured, engineered for Ethiopia's infrastructure needs, and designed for scalable deployment across the region — ECOCITY positions itself as a leading contributor to Africa's transition toward sustainable, circular, and climate-smart urban development. Based in Bole, Addis Ababa.
Mission & vision
Two sentences.
Two sentences.
One direction.
Mission
Convert plastic waste into durable public infrastructure.
ECOCITY accelerates climate-smart urban transformation by producing and installing composite pavement systems that outperform conventional surfaces on strength, cost, and carbon footprint.
Vision
The leading African circular infrastructure company.
ECOCITY builds the supply chain, the product line, and the deployment model that lets any African municipality re-surface its public space using its own waste stream.
Why now
Three pressures. One window.
Africa's urban infrastructure gap and its plastic-waste problem are converging. The companies that build at this intersection now will define the category for the next decade.
Materials need to evolve
Conventional cement-heavy pavement cannot meet climate-adaptation, cost, and embodied-carbon targets simultaneously. Cities need alternatives that already ship.
Circular value is the unlock
Waste recovery only matters when it ends in visible infrastructure outcomes. Municipalities buy pavement, not promises.
What makes ECOCITY different
Six positions
Six positions
we hold deliberately.
Research-driven development
Every product is benchmarked against infrastructure specification — not recycled-material narrative.
Infrastructure-ready positioning
Built for cities, institutions, industrial compounds, and public systems — not decorative applications.
Circular manufacturing logic
Waste is a strategic input to our production line. Supply is local. Cost is protected.
Climate relevance
Lower embodied carbon, higher flood resilience, measurable environmental outcomes.
Partnership model
Built around municipalities, institutions, NGOs, and development-focused pilot programs.
Scale pathway
Structured to move from first deployment to repeat procurement and second-site rollout.
Strategic pillars
What we invest in.
Every resource ECOCITY commits aligns with one of these five pillars. Everything else is noise.
Innovation & R&D
Material performance testing and product development for infrastructure-grade applications.
Waste reduction & circularity
Recovery infrastructure that keeps plastic out of landfills and waterways.
Urban climate adaptation
Flood-resilient paving, drainage geometry, and low-carbon material pathways.
Green jobs & local value
Collection networks, manufacturing employment, and local supplier development.
Strategic partnership
Municipal, institutional, and development-finance collaboration at every scale.
Ethiopia's urban challenge
The problem
The problem
ECOCITY exists to fix.
Ethiopia generates rapidly increasing plastic waste, with only 9% recycled and 91% mismanaged — including open dumping and river leakage. At the same time, cities face deteriorating walkways, flooding, and a linear construction model that locks in carbon.
91%
of Ethiopia's plastic waste is mismanaged today. Only 9% is recycled.
- 01Flooding and drainage challenges in expanding urban corridors.
- 02Infrastructure wear and deterioration of roads and walkways.
- 03Linear construction model — high carbon, no material recovery.
- 04Unsustainable construction practice locked into procurement cycles.
- 05Open dumping and river leakage of recoverable plastic waste.
Strategic alignment
Built into the
Built into the
national agenda.
ECOCITY's work directly responds to Ethiopia's climate commitments, national waste strategy, and international frameworks — meaning every deployment counts toward published targets.
I · National alignment
NDC 3.0 (2025 – 2035)
- Supports climate-resilient urban infrastructure targets
- Reduces emissions from cement substitution
- Supports waste-sector transformation and circularity
II · Plastic waste strategy
National Roadmap (2024 – 2034)
- Delivers 3Rs, recycling expansion, and material recovery systems
- Supports sorting and reduction of single-use plastics
- Helps meet the 25% recycling target and plastic reduction goals
III · CRGE strategy
10-Year Development Plan
- Job creation and skill development in the circular economy
- Low-carbon, resource-efficient urban development
- Resilient and green urban corridors
IV · Global alignment
Paris Agreement & Africa CEAP (2024 – 2034)
- SDGs 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, and 17
- Circular Economy Action Plan for Africa integration
- Nationally-determined contribution pathway support
Work with ECOCITY
Build the city
Build the city
this century needs.
ECOCITY partners with municipalities, institutions, and climate-focused investors ready to fund measurable public infrastructure.