Waste Free in ’23

WasteFree23.org is an all-volunteer international NGO that researches, promotes and trains people on safe, sustainable, and profitable waste management processes. Our mission is to empower  2 billion people to eliminate unmanaged household and agricultural waste.
With training, they are empowered to manage their community’s waste, creating jobs and retaining all the benefits of recycling within their community.

WasteFree23 empowers individuals, community-based organizations (CBOs), and communities to become waste-free through education, training, and support for recycling and upcycling. Founded in 2022 by concerned community members and waste pickers in Nairobi, Kenya, WasteFree23 is dedicated to developing practical waste management solutions that can be implemented by the world’s poorest communities, aiming to reduce pollution and create sustainable livelihoods.

WasteFree23 provides the following services and benefits to the participating teams:

• Research of best-known methods for municipal waste recycling and processes.
• Development and distribution of training materials for workers, managers, and communities.
• Identification of and application for funding and grant opportunities.
• Management of the peer-to-peer networks and crowdsourcing platforms to benefit all individuals and communities working to be waste-free.

Waste Free in ’23 is unique because it:

• Recycles 100% of plastic waste in an environmentally-friendly manner
• Recycles waste at locally-built micro-recycling centers located in low-income communities
• Recycles waste directly at the source
• Eliminates the need for transportation between collection, dumps, and recycling plants
• Creates jobs for local members of the community
• Provides a source of income through products built from recycled plastic