Notes from the route, the sorting yard and the community.
Guides, programme updates and stories from our day-to-day work managing waste across Kasarani. 50 articles and counting.
A Year of Numbers: What Kasarani Waste Solution Diverted From Dumpsites
Households, kilograms, volunteers, villages: a look at the numbers behind twelve months of collection, recycling and clean-ups.
Read Article →Our Waste Collectors: The Everyday Heroes of Clean Kasarani
Before dawn, our collection team is already on the road. A look at the people behind Kasarani Waste Solution's daily operations.
Read Article →Roysambu's First Buy-Back Seller, Looking Back
Before Roysambu had a fixed weekly buy-back schedule, one resident was already sorting and bringing plastic to us informally. Her early participation shaped how the point was designed.
Read Article →What We Learned From Community Waste Efforts That Came Before Us
We were not the first attempt at organised community waste collection in this part of Kasarani. Understanding what came before, and why it did not last, shaped several of our earliest decisions.
Read Article →Reflecting on Our First Community Baraza on Waste Management
Months before registration, a single open community meeting shaped almost everything about how Kasarani Waste Solution operates today.
Read Article →Looking Back: Kasarani Waste Solution's Founding Story
From a handful of neighbours pushing a borrowed wheelbarrow to a registered CBO: the story of how Kasarani Waste Solution began.
Read Article →Kasarani Waste Solution Marks One Year Since CBO Registration
On 31 July 2024 we were formally registered as a Community Based Organization. A year on, we look at what that registration has made possible.
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