Coca-Cola Beverage Africa (CCBA) has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding with VetLab Sports Club and T3-Kenya to recycle 100% of the plastic bottles used at VetLab Sports Club. T3-Kenya is a social enterprise that converts plastic waste into garments through bottle-to-fashion recycling. T3-Kenya has agreed to recycle all plastic bottles collected during and after games at Nairobi's VetLab Sports Club. This move is.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 26th July 2022

Food and beverage packaging is an important element of modern living, since it helps to assure food safety and prevent waste. However, the globe faces a packaging problem that demands a global solution. Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), in collaboration with The Coca-Cola Company, has set ambitious goals to collect one bottle or can for every one it produces by 2030, use 50 percent recycled content in all packaging by the same year, and make 25.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 28th June 2022

The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has given unconditional regulatory approval to Africa-based investment holding company Ramco Plexus to purchase flexible packaging film maker Platinum Packaging. Platinum Packaging, founded in June 2009, is a 50/50 joint venture between Ramco Group and Carton Manufacturers. The company has locations all around Kenya and controls a 7% portion of the country's flexible packaging and labelling.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 10th June 2022

As the world celebrated Recycling Day, more and more plastic trash is being redirected from landfills and into a circular economy that helps African countries generate employment and entrepreneurship. Diana Sibanda, Group Head of Sustainability at Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), said the firm was working on more environmentally friendly ways to manufacture, distribute, and sell its goods. In a statement, she said, "We leverage.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 3rd May 2022

Kenya has long been regarded as an African innovation hotspot. In Kenya, there are a number of companies that make use  of 3D printing, and the country has a strong entrepreneurial and innovative culture. This has made 3D printing a highly practical and appealing technology, and if there's one thing that drives it all, it's Kenya's desire to develop its own solutions. Kenyans enjoy coming up with their own answers to issues, and 3D printing.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 29th March 2022

Researchers from Loughborough University produced unique devices as part of an experiment aimed at lowering the impact of recyclable material in developing countries. The Circular Plastics project, worth £150,000, intends to promote local African companies including farming, fishing, and building by converting throwaway bottles into valuable products. The following are some of the products that have been developed: Fruit picker -.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 2nd March 2022

Dow Chemical is a worldwide corporation. Mr. Green Africa will improve its plastic waste management systems (sorting, collection, and recycling) in Kenya and other African nations with this financing. Dow Chemical, a developer of packaging solutions, is once again helping plastic trash recycling in Africa. Mr. Green Africa has received funding from the multinational based in Michigan. "This is Dow Chemical's first investment in Africa of.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 25th January 2022

In Rwanda, a new project attempts to turn single-use plastics into paving stones. In Mageragere, Nyarugenge district, the garbage will be processed in a factory. The project is being funded by Prosper Muhirwa, a member of the Private Sector Federation (PSF). The Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) and the Private Sector Federation (PSF) forged a cooperation in June 2021 that is bearing dividends. One of the federation's members,.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 25th January 2022

In Kilifi town, north of Mombasa, Kenya, 14Trees, a joint venture between Holcim and CDC Group, will build Africa's largest 3D-printed affordable housing project. The revolutionary 3D printing technology helped the 52-house Mvule Gardens project come to life in record time. 14Trees created the world's first 3D printed school in Malawi's Salima district earlier this year. The company's first 3D-printed prototype house in Lilongwe,.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 30th December 2021

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa is a subsidiary of Coca-Cola. Kenya's sustainability mission continues to be driven by PETCO Kenya and other programmes such as trash segregation at source efforts. Our aim of a Waste-Free World has seen encouraging trends in waste collection and recycling, which is already nearly double the 72 percent achieved in 2020. Susan Maingi, CCBA Kenya's Public Affairs and Communications Director, said the company.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 30th November 2021

The government is planning new restrictions that are likely to lessen the use of non-recyclable and environmentally unfriendly plastic bottles. Soft drink makers will be compelled to package their products in transparent polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles, rather than colourful bottles whose recyclability is deemed to be unimportant for environmental improvement. In the recycled materials market, clear plastics are always.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 27th October 2021

The Kenyan government has just announced the commencement of a new plastics accord. The goal of this programme is to progress toward a more sustainable management of plastic trash, which is a major cause of pollution in the environment. Thanks to a pact, Kenya's campaign against plastic pollution is taking a new direction. The effort, known as the Kenya Plastics Pact (KPP), brings together enterprises, local governments, researchers,.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 27th October 2021