Plastic Waste Recycling Uplifted Zanzibar

WHAT WE DO

MAIN AFFAIRS

Build a shredder and plastic injection moulding machine

One of the goals is to build two machines with local machine parts and produce an attractive recycled plastic product with it.

Promote awareness of plastic waste recycling

Plastic pollution requires a global and comprehensive solution.

Give plastic waste a new purpose

After collecting the plastic waste on the beaches of Zanzibar, it is brought to the Chako workplace. Here it gets cleaned and sorted and then transformed into a new product. An attractive Injection moldable product is designed that is compact, but contains a large amount of waste.

Create new opportunities for the locals

Chako wants to expand their entreprise together with us by also focussing on plastic waste recycling. This leads to more work opportunities for the locals.

THE STORY

Zanzibar is known for itswhite beaches, clear blue water, spices, tropical fruits and rich historical and cultural background. Tourism is a an important income generator for the island. The downside of having many tourists, is plastic waste in the streets, beaches and the ocean. A local entreprise, Chako, turns this problem into an opportunity. Given the fact that half of the population in Zanzibar lives below the poverty line, Chako tries to help unemployed youth and women.

We want to reduce the amount of plastic waste on the ever white beaches of Zanzibar, created by the growing flock of tourists. This we'll do by making the tourists take their own trash home! By creating attractive products that contain a compact but large amount of waste, we will transform the otherwise useless waste into a product with a purpose. Through the knowledge brought to us by Precious Plastics and together with the employees of Chako Zanzibar, we will build an easy step by step Plastic Shredder and Injection moulding machine.