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Announcement!

Sustainable Waste Management Drive

Join us at the Coastal Region Chapter of the National Sustainable Waste Management Drive going down from the 29th to 31st March, 2023 in Mombasa.

29th March - will be for Awareness education on Sustainable waste management Act, attendees are representatives from the community , waste pickers, admin.
30th March - Awareness education on Sustainable waste management Act, attendees will be waste recyclers from value addition, transporters convertors/ manufacturers, and regulators.
31st March - Conference on the Regional waste collection and recycling data validation conference. Attendees, Reps from relevant government agencies, BMOs, NGOs, civil society, and from the region's recycling value chains.

Our theme is Consolidating the Country's Sustainable Waste Management Landscape.

Register to attend.

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About Us

Kenya Association of Waste Recyclers (KAWR) is the umbrella body for the private sector industry involved in the materials recovery from waste; this includes and is not limited to, retrieval of materials from waste, repair, refurbishment, recycling, remanufacturing, composting, power generation, or any other initiative aimed at extracting value from material that would otherwise have been discarded as waste.
  • Waste pickers
  • Collectors/site managers (Viwanja Peoople)
  • Transporters
  • Value addition (sorting, crushers, washers, pelletizers)
  • Converters/Manufacturers
  • Other interested parties.
Learn more

About Us

Kenya Association of Waste Recyclers (KAWR) is the umbrella body for the private sector industry involved in the materials recovery from waste; this includes and is not limited to, retrieval of materials from waste, repair, refurbishment, recycling, remanufacturing, composting, power generation, or any other initiative aimed at extracting value from material that would otherwise have been discarded as waste.
  • Waste pickers
  • Collectors/site managers (Viwanja Peoople)
  • Transporters
  • Value addition (sorting, crushers, washers, pelletizers)
  • Converters/Manufacturers
  • Other interested parties.
Learn more

Our Core Objectives

Education

Creating recycling awareness among the public and training members on most efficient recycling approaches for different waste streams.

Advocacy

KAWR is the leading voice on behalf of recyclers at the national and local levels on legislative and regulatory issues with an aim of improving business climate for recyclers.

Capacity building

Enhancing the recycling capability of members through forming partnerships, cooperation and other forms of understandings with other stakeholders.

Information gathering

Collection and sharing data regarding waste generated and recycling trends in Kenya with and other interested parties.

Join our association

  • We are a national umbrella body of individuals and enterprises that engage in recycling as a waste management as a social enterprise.
  • Membership: Open
  • Current members: 457 spread across the country.
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*KEPRO Kenya*
_Recyclers’ ToR for Plastic Flexible Waste_ is now live on KEPRO’s website.
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