A material driven research through design project that responds to the urgency associated with over-consumption of natural ecosystems and increased pollution of land and water resources by developing a new circular material invention from perennial aquatic weed, water hyacinth -an allien species which carpets Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest fresh water body – a threat to local biodiversity, hub for plastic pollutants on the lake and an inhibitor of socio-economic activities such as irrigation and fishing.