PETCO Kenya partners with WWF to enhance waste collection
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PETCO Kenya and World Wide Fund Kenya (WWF) have partnered in an agreement worth Ksh. 6 million to enhanced waste collection in the coastal region.
The partnership agreement will provide technology transfer from Denmark through a partnership with Plastix, a Danish cleantech recycling company. This will be implemented by partnering with Kenyan organizations in the waste management sector.
The partnership also includes a donation of collection infrastructure support and training worth Ksh. 6 million to over 800 waste reclaimers. This will go a long way in enhancing waste collection and creating a safe working environment in the sector.
December 17 2020 / Modified on December 17 2020 Petco Kenya, a company specialising in the recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles and products, has just commissioned a solid waste treatment plant in Kajiado County, Kenya. The plant will be capable of processing 10 tonnes of waste per day.
A solid waste treatment plant is operational in Kajiado, one of Kenya’s 47 counties. The facility was commissioned by Petco Kenya on 8 December 2020. The company, which specialises in recycling plastic bottles and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) products, financed the construction of the plant with 50 million Kenyan shillings, or about $448,000.
The processing plant handles PET bottles and products. It is the first facility of its kind built in this county in southwest Kenya. The initiative of the government of Kajiado and the cooperative society Taka Taka ni Mali will improve