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● projectActive · subnational · 2016

The Flipflopi Project

East African circular economy movement born in Lamu that built the world's first dhow (traditional sailing boat) made 100% from recycled plastic, cladding it with 30,000 flip-flops recovered from the coast.

Three-bin wooden compost system filled with decomposing organic matter

illustrative atlas image · Frank Thiemonge / Unsplash

TFThe Flipflopi Project Foundation Limitedngo BMBen Morison ASAli Skanda DPDipesh Pabari

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01 The context

It combines heritage boatbuilding, a Material Recovery Facility, an artisan training centre and public policy campaigns against single-use plastic.

02 How it works

method · Training of artisans in carpentry and circular economymethod · Heritage boatbuilding (dhow) with recycled plastictool · Lamu Material Recovery Facilitytool · Extrusion and molding of wood-like recycled plastic

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 ›

EvidenceThe Flipflopi Project 2024 Annual Impact ReportThe Flipflopi Project Foundation · 2024

EvidenceThe Flipflopi Project: Mitigating Plastic Pollution through Heritage Boat BuildingSMEP Programme (FCDO / UNCTAD) · 2022

04 Go to the source

Visit the official site ↗theflipflopi.com