In 2017, we started the Masaka Recycling Initiative together with the Masaka Diocese. Thanks to this partnership, we were able to operate on land owned by the Diocese for free.
To this day the project has recycled 514 tonnes of plastic which translates to 21,600,000 plastic bottles of 500 ml. There are now 59 community recycling centres in operation and the project creates an income for more than 3,000 people.
Instead of recycling, the project has shifted its operations to upcycling of different sorts of plastic, not only bottles. The products now produced are high quality poles for fencing, bricks and even furniture.