Kenya - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

Re-building the world one waste at a time,this is by recycling all the waste collected from every house in big city like Nairobi in order to come up with beneficial materials such as bio gas which will help the rural communities around Kenya.

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

My project is about buying garbage in every house hold around Nairobi and building recycling center in every estate in town and by doing this we will reduce waste materials by around 50percent and also by re-making the material locally it will cut the unemployment rate by around 20percent within Nairobi area.

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

The main problem is environment,the people who will come next should find the earth clean,and it is up to us to give them the blue print,also we will reduce the unemployment rate among the youths,and we will be paying every household for their garbages.

01.03 Tell us the major benefits and/or advantages of using the product/service that your project intends to provide (at least 3).

Major benefits are 1.employment 2.reduction of waste is good for environment 3.since we will be re-making the plastic products by using the waste collected,we will see price reduction on plastic house hold appliances. 3.power to innovators by giving them the material they need locally.

01.04 Please describe who exactly your project is aimed at serving. Who are the targeted beneficiaries?

My main target is every house hold in Nairobi,every estate in Nairobi and every office in Nairobi

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2018-01-10

01.06 How many other partners are associated with your business venture?

1

01.07 Among the other partners, how many are female?

1

01.08 Please describe the profile of each of the other partners (skills, experience, etc.)

I have four partners who 1.creative 2.innovative 3.enviroment addict,like they love this earth that they are ready to work for for free.

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

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wycliffe-rachiedo-6676b7133?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=android_app

01.10 Which industry best describes your project?

b) Materials (agriculture, fishing, chemical products, construction materials, containers and packaging, metals and mining, paper and forest products)

02.01.01 My project contributes to the No poverty goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.01.02 No poverty - Justification

Poverty is not getting the resources for your day to day life and our project is all about job creation in every estate around Nairobi area and every resident will start selling to us their garbage in which they will be getting money for their waste,also our project will build biogas to rural area and the food waste will be transported to rural area for biogas fuel inorder to eradicate cutting of trees and buying the now expensive cooking gas.

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

I strongly agree because by recycling we are looking after the environment and the environment will reciprocate our kind gesture.

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

7 - Strongly Agree

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

The main reason we are in this project is because of huge dump site in place called dandora which has killed a lot of people who are living in around the area,

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

3

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

5

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

Our company deals lot of plastics and when your about to shred them to small pellet you have to sort them to same color and when I compare the genders in terms of experience in the sector the ladies knows what they are doing

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

Clean drainages hence they are blocked due to housed hold waste is equivalent to clean water

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

Part of our project is about Plastic degradation of polythene or polystyrene to produce liquid gas fuel

02.08.01 My project contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

7 - Strongly Agree

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification

There is nothing decent than looking after the environment we live in hence the project is fulfilling

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

7 - Strongly Agree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

Part of our project is to mix cement with ready recycled plastic inorder to mold house walls,out door tiles. Other project is to mold degraded car tires to make out door tiles

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

Majority of our waste materials we sell them to china in order to get a fully made products which is expensive but our project is to do it locally which will be cheaper compared to the status quo

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

The Nairobi bio waste will provide bio gas to the rural cities which is thika,nakuru,Kisumu and mombasa.

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

By knowing your waste rate you will be able to track down your consumption rate this is done by us when we are collecting your garbages and paying you for it because different type of waste materials has different value

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

Good recycling is equivalent to good environment.

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

Imagine a life whereby there is no plastic floating on water since there is recycling center in every estate around the country or the world

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

Clean environment makes life on earth sweet

02.16.01 My project contributes to the Peace justice and strong institutions goal

3

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

Our project has one goal,the united nations always preach it,the government always pray for it and is a clean environment.

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

4

05.02 The product/service we envision creating represents an entirely new type of product/service.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.03 The product/service we envision creating could be described as a new technology.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.04 The product/service we envision creating is an improvement on an existing product or service.

3

05.05 The product/service we envision creating could be described as an extension of a range of products or services.

7 - Strongly Agree

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

7 - Strongly Agree

05.07 The product/service we envision creating is a new version of an old product/service.

7 - Strongly Agree

05.08 Justification

The product service we envision is very innovation in terms of contribution on global warming and only in Europe are doing this but still it is not good compared to our project hence imagine in every 70 plus house hold there is recycling center with all machine ready to recycle all type of waste to it raw materials and the house hold owners get paid for there waste materials.

05.09 Who are your main potential competitors and what makes you stand out from them?

My competition is waste management inc. which has a lot of experience.

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

Yes,we do this by giving all gender the 50/50 chance in our establishment and also our employees are 5 ladies and 5 gentleman