Pwani Youth and Plastiki Rafiki CBO partnership to manage plastic waste in Mombasa

Pwani Youth Network and Plastiki Rafiki CBO have entered into a partnership to recycle plastic waste in Mombasa County, Bangladesh informal settlement.

Plastic Rafiki is (a student-led club at the International School of Kenya) based in Nairobi involved in combating plastic pollution by empowering communities to earn a living by recycling plastics through creating manufacturing techniques and product designs.

Speaking during a community clean up exercise and the launch of therecycling project at the Bangladesh informal settlement,Pwani Youth Network CEO and founder Alfred Sigo said the aim of the partnership is to accelerate the transformation of plastic waste—otherwise discarded into the natural environment—into a valuable commodity and promote a circular plastic economy.