Kenya - Business creation project

Describe your project or startup in a few words

This is a project aimed at creating awareness to all people of all gender,age and patriot on the management of waste plastic materials . It entails reducing waste, re-using others and recycling them to useful raw materials.

01.01 Describe your project in more detail

The project is focused on making sure that the climate change brought about by mismanagement of waste from all the categories be it companies, local communities and any industry is solved. This is will be achieved by creating awareness to the effects of the plastics pollution and it's impact on climate change,human life,marine life and the solutions on the same. The project is aiming to set up a plant that will have two machines i.e plastic crusher and polythene crusher for the start. The project will require no additional chemicals since it's only materials i.e polythene or plastic and water. The project aimes to get materials from local community, industries and other activities such as beach clean up and community clean up activities. The project also target the youths on the employment solutions from the available resources and to educate everyone on the waste to wealth movement. Awareness for waste is wealth campaign.

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

Unlike other materials, plastics does not biodegrade, It may take up to 1,000 years to break down, so when it is discarded, it builds up in the environment until it reaches a crisis point .This pollution chokes marine wildlife, damages soil and poisons groundwater, and can cause serious health impacts. Moreover, plastics also contribute to climate crisis. The production of plastic is one of the most energy-intensive manufacturing processes in the world. The material is made up from fossil fuels such as crude oil which are transformed via heat and other additives into a polymer. For example in 2019, plastics generated 1.8 billion metric tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions -3.4 percent of the global total. This are among the major issues waste to wealth movement is targeting to solve.

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

1. It is cheaper and hence can make the user to save more. 2.It uses no additional chemicals hence safe for the users health. 3. The user participates on the climate change solutions directly and waste management solutions

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

1.Youths 2.Industries 3.Local communities 4. Unemployed personnel regardless of gender. 5. Community based organizations

01.05 When did you start working on your project?

2024-05-10

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

3

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.)

First Partner: He is an employee of a plastic manufacturing industry under production docket for the last three years. Second partner: He's an employee of the county under environmental and health solutions for the last four years . Third partner: She's a community head for the last two years .

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

https://www.facebook.com/james.makolo.568?mibextid=ZbWKwL

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

From the fact that the materials used are coming up from the waste materials,it simply means they are locally collected and thus the money circulation will be within the locals. The project is aimes at employing a number of workers from 10 to 20 for the start this reduces the unemployment rate. The project will also be conducted awareness to all people to inform them on the waste to wealth solutions and make them know that they can get a living from the waste they throw and that many can change their state.

02.02.01 My project contributes to the Zero hunger goal

5

02.02.02 Zero hunger - Justification

The sustainability of our food systems depends on the soil, ocean, and aquatic ecosystem health, yet a recent growing body of evidence reports of (micro)plastic accumulation in agricultural soils , fruits and vegetables , and seafood . The presence of (micro)plastics in agricultural soils and aquatic biota poses potential risks to human health through ingestion in foodstuffs such as bottled water, beer, salt, and bivalves . One recent study has reported that plastic food packing itself is a source of (micro)plastics in food consumed by humans . These studies, and many others not included here, provide overwhelming evidence of seafood and soil contamination by (micro)plastics that have potential consequences for human food security, food safety, and health.

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

6

02.03.02 Good health and well-being - Justification

The project does not use any chemicals on its operation like other industrial activities hence no any effect on the health issues. The activities such as sorting out of materials is convenient for the all ages from youths to men and women.

02.04.01 My project contributes to the Quality education goal

6

02.04.02 Quality education - Justification

Plastic waste Problems are becoming increasingly serious all around the world. To cope with the situation, education is of the essence. Different countries have different education foci, but there is still room for improvement to change all people’s knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding plastic waste management. CEES has adopted three different teaching strategies, which are the direct teaching, hands-on, and simulation game-based strategies. It was found that all these three teaching strategies can significantly improve pupils’knowledge,while the hands-on and simulation game-based strategies can facilitate attitudes and behavior, though insignificantly. Therefore, it would be good if the PRB is to be employed as well as allocating more time and human resources to the hands-on and simulation game-based teaching strategies so as to facilitate more significantchanges in pupils’attitudes and behaviors regarding plastic waste management.

02.05.01 My project contributes to the Gender equality goal

6

02.05.02 Gender equality - Justification

The project targets the youth group mostly and any person regardless of the gender can engage in all the duties.

02.06.01 My project contributes to the Clean water and sanitation goal

5

02.06.02 Clean water and sanitation - Justification

The projects final product is among the raw materials that is used to made plastic tanks thus makes the storage tanks for water available. The community will be able to get the tanks and harvest rain water. The beach/rivers cleaning activities make our rivers clean and encouraging the use of the water available source from the oceans and rivers.

02.07.01 My project contributes to the Affordable and clean energy goal

5

02.07.02 Affordable and clean energy - Justification

The project is driven by the reduce,re-use and recycle mission thus enable the use of the recycled products to be cheaper since the materials that are used are readyly available and at a cheaper price.

02.08.01 My project contributes to the Decent work and economic growth

6

02.08.02 Decent work and economic growth - Justification

The project targets to have a minimum of 15 employees for the start and involves the community at large thus constitute directly to economic growth through employment and enable condusive work environment for all people. Plastic recycling offers numerous economic benefits that go beyond environmental sustainability. It helps reduce the acquisition costs of raw materials, saves energy, creates job opportunities, and minimizes waste management expenses. Embracing plastic recycling is a win-win situation for both businesses and society, leading to a more prosperous and sustainable future.

02.09.01 My project contributes to the Industry innovation and infrastructure

7 - Strongly Agree

02.09.02 Industry innovation and infrastructure - Justification

The projects final product is also a raw material for building blocks and even cabros that can be used to boost our infrastructure technology. The project also will create a condusive environment for the youths to come up with ideas that will enhance innovation from the plastics final product.

02.10.01 My project contributes to the Reduced inequalities goal

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02.10.02 Reduced inequalities - Justification

The project will educate all levels of people to understand and the importance of using their own available resources to create opportunities for themselves thus being independent and creating employment solutions for others uniformly among all ages, gender and races. The project also brings together the community, counties and countries at large on the climate change effects and solutions.

02.11.01 My project contributes to the Sustainable cities and communities goal

6

02.11.02 Sustainable cities and communities - Justification

The project is targeting the use of all available waste plastic that has become a menace to our society towns and cities to change them into a useful raw materials thus creating a clean, healthy and condusive environment for everyone to enjoy.

02.12.01 My project contributes to the Responsible consumption and production goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.12.02 Responsible consumption and production - Justification

My project will actively contribute to the responsible consumption and production goal since all the waste coming from the industries that can be re-used or recycled are put back to other useful products and raw materials. The reduce,re-use and recycle project will allow the firms involved to minimize the waste from their firms and thus creating a condusive manageable production and consumption of the resources.

02.13.01 My project contributes to the Climate action goal

6

02.13.02 Climate action - Justification

The project will actively contribute to climate action goal by reducing the waste that causes pollution and the non- decomposing materials from all the fields.i.e communities, industries and even the oceans and rivers.

02.14.01 My project contributes to the Life below water goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.14.02 Life below water - Justification

The most visible impacts of plastic debris are the ingestions, suffocation, and entanglement of species. Wildlife such as birds,whales, turtle and fish mistake indigestible plastic waste for food and die of starvation as their stomachs filled with it. The removal of legacy plastic and prevention of pollution requires that fewer plastic products be made, that circularity of supply and value chains be increased, and consumer behavior be changed. It also involves public and private investment and the development of infrastructure along the full lifecycle of plastics, including circular economy solutions like reducing, reusing and recycling plastics.

02.15.01 My project contributes to the Life on land goal

7 - Strongly Agree

02.15.02 Life on land - Justification

Mismanaged plastics is Climate Change caused by Greenhouse Gas Emissions . Greenhouse gas emissions from landfills are mainly derived from organic waste, such as discarded food, paper, and wood as they decompose. However, it has also been found that plastic dumped into the landfill also contributes to emission of these gasses after photodegradation (exposure to light) happens and further evidence reveals that these emissions increase as the plastic breaks down further. This is in addition to emissions related to landfilling plastic, primarily from the fossil fuel use associated with the sorting and handling of the wastes prior to landfilling and the transportation of the waste from the collection point to the landfill. This is not forgetting that open burning of plastic also has severe negative impacts on the climate, as the waste is burned without the presence of air pollution controls. Soil pollution is also caused by plastics and affects animal and human health at large.

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

7 - Strongly Agree

02.16.02 Peace justice and strong institutions - Justification

My project contributes torwards peace justice and strong institution through the following issues; 1. Environmental education (conscious use of plastic, selective collection, recycling, etc.) 2. Support for obtaining energy from renewable sources 3. Water treatment, purification, disinfection, and decontamination. 4. Generation of job and income. 5. Providing social integration. 6. Research and development of new materials. 7. Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. 8. Cheaper shoes for needy populations. 9. Support for agriculture.

02.17.01 My project contributes to the Partnerships for the goal

6

02.17.02 Partnerships for the goal - Justification

My project contribute to partnership for the goal in improving and promote the environment managing organizations of plastic waste at the global, regional and national levels and to prevent and minimize its generation so as to, among other things, reduce significantly and in the long-term eliminate the discharge of plastic waste and microplastics into the environment, in particular the marine 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.

4

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

6

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

1 - Strongly Disagree

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

6

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

6

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

6

05.08 Justification

1) Plastic roads: To stop plastics from ending up in oceans and landfills, some companies around the world are now trying out a new strategy of melting plastic products, combining additives and then using the mixture to pave roadways. MacRebur is one of the pioneer companies in building plastic roadways.

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

The competitors in the project are the recyclers . To be sure, not every locale recycles plastics at high rates and some plastic packaging cannot be reused at all once it reaches its ‘end-of-life’ stage’. Still more plastic isn’t recycled because of the breathtaking variety of plastic packaging that is produced. Almost no two pieces of packaging are exactly the same. This variety of material, colour, shape and design creates two key problems. On the consumer side, consumers simply do not understand what can be recycled in their locality. On the sorting and recycling side, it is difficult to sort the variety of packaging into the appropriate fractions for recycling, making sorting more difficult and expensive, and driving down the volume of plastic packaging which can be recycled, and with it, recycling rates. This is what waste to wealth project is aiming to prosper with.

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

Working with the CBOs ,investors and nongovernmental organizations need to take several steps to unlock climate finance for women waste entrepreneurs. This begins with more organized collection and management of data about women waste entrepreneurs in emerging markets — data that will allow a clearer articulation of the ways in which investing in women waste entrepreneurs both accelerates climate change mitigation and supports stronger financial returns.