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Guides, programme updates and stories from our day-to-day work managing waste across Kasarani. 50 articles and counting.
Why Waste Segregation at Source Matters More Than You Think
Separating organic, recyclable and general waste in the home is the single biggest thing a household can do to make collection cleaner and cheaper.
Read Article →How to Talk to Your Landlord About Getting Your Building on Our Route
Renters ask us often how to get organised collection started in their building. Here is the practical, low-friction way to raise it.
Read Article →Our Approach to Glass Waste, and Why It's Different From Plastic
Glass is fully recyclable and genuinely dangerous to handle carelessly. Here is how we manage it differently from our plastic buy-back stream.
Read Article →A Simple Guide to Composting Kitchen Waste at Home
Roughly half of household waste in Kasarani is organic. Composting it at home cuts what needs collecting and produces free fertiliser for your garden.
Read Article →How Plastic Bottles Collected in Roysambu Get a Second Life
From collection point to recycler: a look at what actually happens to a plastic bottle after it leaves a Roysambu household.
Read Article →Partnering With Local Schools to Teach the 3 Rs
Reduce, reuse, recycle: our school programme puts these ideas into pupils' hands with waste audits, sorting games and a termly clean-up.
Read Article →What 'Biodegradable' Actually Means on Plastic Packaging, and What It Doesn't
More products in Kasarani shops now carry "biodegradable" labels on their plastic packaging. Here is what that claim actually requires, and where it commonly misleads.
Read Article →Five Ways Households Can Cut Waste Before It's Even Collected
The cheapest waste to manage is waste that was never created. Five practical habits that shrink what your household throws out each week.
Read Article →The Small Plastic Sachet Problem Most Recycling Conversations Miss
Water and juice sachets are small, cheap, and everywhere in Kasarani's waste stream. They are also nearly impossible for us to recycle economically, and worth understanding why.
Read Article →Lessons From Our Pilot Recycling Bin Rollout in Hunters
Our first attempt at placing shared recycling bins in a public area taught us as much from what went wrong as from what worked.
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