Fighting Plastic pollution with Plastic Taka Creatives!

November 5, 2024

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Plastic Taka Creatives is a socially responsible and environmentally conscious enterprise offering incentivized buyback systems to neighborhoods in Mombasa. They collect waste that is segregated at their buy-back shop and then either recycled into self-made plastic yarns and baskets or sold to third-party recyclers.

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Plastic Taka Creatives is a socially responsible enterprise committed to innovative plastic solutions through incentivized buyback systems and eco-friendly recycled materials. They collaborate with waste collectors, households, and businesses to make plastic recycling accessible and efficient. Their baskets are fashionable, strong and multi-purpose, thereby lending themselves for normal day carriage.

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