+ 1000 tones

of plastic arrive to the Njombe dumpsite every year

400 %

increase on plastic and rubber imports to Tanzania since 2000 *

700 km

away is transported shredded plastic for recycling

2021

Q1 to Q4: product development, marketing and training

• Develop new products: fruit box, tangram, chairs, glassframes, stools and tiles
• Market products locally
• First “inhouse” iteration of Njombe Beyond academy

Q4: Extrusion

• Build extrusion machine

2020

Q1 & Q2: prove technical & economic feasibility

• Market first recycled plastic products: lamp washers
• Build compression machine
• Market second recycled product: face shields against Covid 19

Q3 & Q4: learn, test & market

• Gain experience running the compression machines and produce first products
• Market further products

2019

Q1: discover & plan

• Discover Njombe, its people, the waste management system and in specific, the plastic waste management
• Check local availability of materials, components and skills to produce the plastic recycling machinery
• Partner with local stakeholders
• Prepare crowdfunding campaign

Q2: crowdfunding

• Check local demand for potential products made with recycled plastic
• Launch crowdfunding campaign for machine production and first experiments

Q3: research & build

• Build injection molding machine and install and fine tune it at the workshop
• Check local demand for potential products made with recycled plastic

Q4: learn & test

• Gain experience running the injection machine, producing molds and produce first products