Scattered across the city of Nairobi are Mr Green Africa’s trading points, where deposited plastic waste is exchanged for cash or Green Points that may be used to purchase daily goods and supplies. All that is collected is turned into recyclates, sold to meet rising demand for recycled plastic feedstock.

With support from the Alliance, Mr Green Africa’s consumer-facing collection model, as well as its informal sector collection network, will be scaled up and enhanced. Through introducing greater incentives for recycling and improving material traceability, the programme seeks to effectively bring communities on board a more circular waste management and recycling system.

Infrastructural improvements to Mr Green Africa’s facilities are in line as well, to increase the amount of high-quality post-consumer recyclate produced from plastic waste, in addition to plans to enhance capabilities around processing hard-to-recycle plastic waste.