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Flipflopi Launches Toolkit to Tackle Plastic Recycling Challenges in Remote Communities

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If you’re looking for practical insights to setting up and scaling plastic waste initiatives, look no further. The SMEP-funded Flipflopi Project has launched a step-by-step guide to help recyclers build resilient, impact-driven recycling programmes. The Toolkit is available for free at toolkit.theflipflopi.com. “By sharing what we’ve learned, we hope coastal and remote communities are better […]

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SMEP-Backed Innovation Takes the Spotlight at Walmart Summit: TEXFAD Uganda Pitches Sustainable Banana Fibre Yarn

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The SMEP Programme is proud to share a milestone in our mission to support innovation in manufacturing value chains and circularity. One of our grantee projects, Uganda-based BANATEX – EA took to centre stage at the 2025 Massmart Growth Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa on 2nd April 2025. The event brought together over 300 businesses

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SMEP’s role in the Plastics Policy Landscape

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The SMEP Programme may seem like a cohort of loosely linked projects tackling pollution, but altogether, these projects are contributing evidence to the plastics policy landscape.

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Organic residues: A sustainable solution to plastic pollution and development

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Good management of organic residues, a renewable resource, is often overlooked but constitutes a powerful tool to improve livelihoods and tackle plastic pollution. In Kenya, SMEP-supported organic waste projects are showcasing how circular economy principles can benefit communities. By transforming organic residues into valuable products, these initiatives create jobs, empower marginalised groups, and promote sustainable practices.

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Can cities in East Africa become Zero-Waste? An innovative partnership model shows a route to achieve this

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A Kenya-based entrepreneurial partnership between TakaTaka Solutions and Chanzi Ltd – who launched a business model in response to the SMEP Programme grant funding opportunity – has contributed to the scaling of an impactful waste management business model from Kenya into Tanzania.

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A nexus of the Kenyan Blue Economy and the SMEP-funded Catchgreen project

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Representatives from SMEP and the Catchgreen project, recently traveled to Kenya to observe the piloting of their biodegradable compostable fishing nets used in a local Kenyan seaweed farming initiative as well as in a coral restoration project. Read more here about this remarkable collaboration.

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New Fresh Produce Impact Hub to Find Innovative Solutions to Plastics Pollution

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LAST WEEK, the UN Environment Assembly agreed on a new resolution on plastic pollution, which establishes a process towards a legally binding agreement by 2024. This is an opportunity for the private sector and governments to act firmly and decisively to tackle the plastics crisis. Matching this momentum, Blue Skies, an award-winning fresh produce company, and Waitrose

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The FlipFlopi Project is Combating Marine Plastic in the Indian Ocean

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Summary: The Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution (SMEP) Programme has provided funding towards critical solutions to address plastic waste through the Flipflopi Project. On the 19th February 2022, the project launched a baseline study to map the impacts of marine litter in the Lamu Archipelago in the Western Indian Ocean. The research-based community outreach programme will

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Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution Programme

Flipflopi Launches Toolkit to Tackle Plastic Recycling Challenges in Remote Communities

SMEP-Backed Innovation Takes the Spotlight at Walmart Summit: TEXFAD Uganda Pitches Sustainable Banana Fibre Yarn

SMEP’s role in the Plastics Policy Landscape

Organic residues: A sustainable solution to plastic pollution and development

Can cities in East Africa become Zero-Waste? An innovative partnership model shows a route to achieve this

A nexus of the Kenyan Blue Economy and the SMEP-funded Catchgreen project

New Fresh Produce Impact Hub to Find Innovative Solutions to Plastics Pollution

The FlipFlopi Project is Combating Marine Plastic in the Indian Ocean

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