Circular Economy
Can waste become a viable business?
As Kenya generates nearly 900,000 tonnes of plastic waste annually, processing enterprises are trying to outgrow their dependence on donor funding. A close look at specific operators reveals…
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Circular Economy
Checking the waste line
By converting municipal plastic pollution into high-grade classroom assets, a Gatwikira workshop is pioneering a localised, closed-loop industrial chain that bypasses costly imports, creates green micro-jobs for urban…
Circular Economy
Gold from the scrapheap
How Kenya’s manufacturers are building lucrative business models out of urban trash By Kirimi Mbogo NAIROBI—Consider the catalytic converter. The metallic honeycomb nestling within a car’s exhaust pipe…
Circular Economy
The green consumer is coming for African business
The new customer is less easily impressed By Kirimi Mbogo A Kenyan entrepreneur turning discarded paper, plastic and agricultural waste into construction tiles has found an old business…