Engagement year: 2021
Focus area: Kenya
Africa generates 22 million tons of urban plastic waste a year. Most of it ends up in the environment, rivers, and oceans, and are made from virgin materials. Collecting and processing plastic to produce post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic is a circular way out of this problem.
Mr. Green Africa has built a tech-enabled platform that manages and aggregates plastic waste and converts it into high-quality recycled plastic.
The platform enables Mr. Green Africa to manage plastic through the entire lifecycle; from consumers requesting pick-ups from their doorstep to earn points, to waste collectors becoming part of sustainable value chains, to corporates who can track that entire value chain.
Through data collection, the company will know who’s brought what to where, and where it is today, ultimately creating a level of transparency that is unique at a global scale.
Learn more about Mr. Green Africa here.
Pilot on textile waste
In 2024, we have joined forces with Mr. Green Africa, sharing our expertise and exploring solutions within collection and sorting of textile waste.