Eco Brixs aims to replicate its circular recycling model in 3 new districts of Uganda: Mbarara, Kabale and Fort Portal. As Eco Brixs pays for each kilogram of plastic it receives from the community, this expansion will help to clean up plastic pollution and create work for 2000 marginalised people.
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Uganda has a huge plastic problem with 600 tonnes of plastic being disposed of every day. As there are no formal waste management systems in place, this means over 90% of plastic waste ends up being burnt, buried or dumped. This puts both people’s health and the environment at risk. On top of this, unemployment is high and a quarter of the population lives in poverty, with those from marginalised communities even more likely to experience joblessness.
Eco Brixs will expand its plastic collection network across Mbarara, Kabale & Fort Portal, establishing 80 new 'Community Buy Back Centres'. These simple hubs are locations where people can bring plastic waste, have it weighed and be paid. The purchased plastic is then transported to Eco Brixs HQ in Masaka, recycled into new products and sold. The revenue is used to buy more plastic from the community (via the network of centres) and so the cycle repeats, creating jobs and cleaning up plastic.