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● projectActive · local · 2009

EcoWorld Watamu Recycling

Community recycling centre in Watamu created by the NGO Watamu Marine Association as a local response to marine plastic pollution.

Calm river winding through dense mangrove forest in the Sundarbans, Bangladeshillustrative atlas image · Md.Omar Faruk Hemal / Pexels
WMWatamu Marine Association (WMA)ngoSTSteve Trott
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01 The context

It runs a buy-back scheme with women's and youth groups who collect plastic from the beaches, upcycles it into construction materials and curios, and links coastal clean-up with tourism and the conservation of the Marine Protected Area.

02 How it works

method · Up-cycling of plastic and glass into construction materials and curiosmethod · Purchase (buy-back) scheme for community plastic collection groupstool · Material Recovery Facilities in Kilifi/Mombasatool · Upcycled plastic and glass for construction and art

03 What it stands on

Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
2 published documents support this project. No independent evaluation is in the atlas yet. Know of any? Contribute it.
The evidence 2 ›
ContextCircular Economy Protects Nature and Tourism in Watamu, KenyaOceanic Society · 2022
ContextEco world centre in Watamu turns trash into cash by recycling wasteThe Star (Kenia) · 2017

04 Go to the source

Visit the official site ↗ecoworldrecycling.co.ke