Kenya - Startup under 3 years old

Describe your project or startup in a few words

This project entails recycling used toner cartridges to reduce cost of printing by more than 60% and safe the environment from landfills that comes from thrown away used toner cartridges.

01.01 Describe your startup in more detail

One of the most crucial item or process that barely no office, organization, institution or small entities will do without is print and media. The cost of printing in each of these entities has been increasing each day from the past. the print business dominated by few companies in the world is no less than than razor and blade business model where the printers are sold for very affordable prices to extent of below manufacturing cost because the companies would later make extremely huge profits from sale of toner cartridges. Therefore, by reducing cost of manufacturing by way of reducing raw materials involved by way of reusing used cartridges is the major factor in this project.

01.02 What is the main problem you are trying to solve?

1. Economy. Consumers will benefit by saving on cost of purchasing toner cartridges at relatively lower price The manufacturing process will create jobs for people to work in the whole process 2. Environmental impact Reusing the toner cartridges reduces number of cartridges that end up in landfills resource conservation. due to reused toner cartridges, resources which instead would have been used in manufacturing are reserved. 3. Carbon footprint: re-manufacturing involves less energy than the initial raw materials conversion to finished product. 4. Reduced dependence on imports.

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your startup provides (at least 3).

1. Reduced cost of business operations due to reduced cost of toner 2. Reduced use of new raw materials every time a new cartridge is required enables us to conserve on resources 3. Competition from these re-manufactured toner cartridges will challenge the OEM cartridges and there will exist an equilibrium of prices of the existing players in the market 4.Reduced conversion of materials to finished products due to re use of existing cartridges reduces carbon emission to the environment hence saving our ecosystem. 5.reusing leads to reduced landfills and e waste into our environment.

01.04 Please describe who exactly your startup’s product/service is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

1. Consumers, that is government institutions, schools, smes and all toner consumers at large 2 The environment by way of reducing landfills and carbon emission 3,General public through creation of employment

01.05 When was your company established?

2023-01-01

01.06 Are you already selling your product/service?

No

01.07 How many other owners are there within your startup?

0

01.08 Among the other owners, how many are female?

0

01.09 Please describe the profile of the other owners within your startup (skills, experience, etc.)

no other owner

01.10 If you have a website, a social media page (Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin…), or app, please provide the link(s) here:

01.11 Which industry best describes your project?

h) IT (digital services, equipment and software)

02.01.01 My startup contributes to the No poverty goal

6

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification for my startup

by way of creating employment

02.02.01 My startup contributes to the Zero hunger goal

4

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification for my startup

02.03.01 My startup contributes to the Good health and well-being goal

6

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification for my startup

due to reduction in carbon emission and land fills, diseases related to climate are reduced when the climate is clean.

02.04.01 My startup contributes to the Quality education goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification for my startup

When schools save money that was meant to buy toner cartridges, it will use the savings to further better education even buying more education materials and hiring more trainers

02.05.01 My startup contributes to the Gender equality goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification for my startup

when offering job opportunities in the production process then gender equality must be watched and therefore empowering women and girls

02.06.01 My startup contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

4

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification for my startup

02.07.01 My startup contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

6

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification for my startup

when reduction in carbon emission is achieved in the long run, little resources are used to keep the environment clean and therefore the resources otherwise that could have been used for that purpose are utilized for better and advanced methods of energy creation and conservation

02.08.01 My startup contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

7 - Strongly Agree

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification for my startup

savings in cost for any industry leads to better economies of scale, more profit margins will be therefore utilized for expansion and research to advance further in the re manufacturing process

02.09.01 My startup contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

7 - Strongly Agree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification for my startup

re using of already existing cartridges is an innovation that helps industries restrain from excessive use of raw materials

02.10.01 My startup contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

4

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification for my startup

02.11.01 My startup contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

4

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification for my startup

cities are becoming enemy of mankind due to pollution, therefore reduction in waste that would pollute the cities makes the communities living within the cities have a better place to live than living in an hazardous environment

02.12.01 My startup contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification for my startup

the reservation of raw materials as a result of using recycled cartridges forms part of responsible consumption during the production process

02.13.01 My startup contributes to the Climate action goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification for my startup

re using or recycling reduces carbon emission and land fills which is enough justification the project is in line with climate action

02.14.01 My startup contributes to the Life below water goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification for my startup

some of the cartridges that are used find their way to the oceans, lakes and rivers, recycling the cartridges saves the life under water.

02.15.01 My startup contributes to the Life on land goal

4

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification for my startup

02.16.01 My startup contributes to the Peace Justice and Strong Institutions goal

4

02.16.02 Peace Justice and Strong Institutions- Justification for my startup

02.17.01 My startup contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

4

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification for my startup

06.01 There are a large number of customers who already use a product/service very similar to the product/service we envision creating.

3

06.02 The product/service represents an entirely new type of product/service.

5

06.03 The product/service could be described as a new technology.

1 - Strongly Disagree

06.04 The product/service is an improvement on an existing product or service.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.05 The product/service could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

7 - Strongly Agree

06.06 The product/service responds to a demand or need that has not been satisfied by other products/services.

2

06.07 The product/service is a new version of an old product/service.

1 - Strongly Disagree

06.08 Justification for my startup

recycling any kind of product is not a emergence of a new product because the product in the first place was existent, however it is the method of production that has been changed.

06.09 Competitive Analysis

Non OEM products that are cheaply priced but the products we are envisioning will go through thorough standardization to achieve the quality of OEM products.

11.05 Are you initiating actions within your community to promote the role of female entrepreneurs?