Dr. Kebebe in Goba, Ethiopia.
has collected and recycled 48,545lbs of plastic waste and provides jobs to 50 students.Community Volunteers
Crew Members
Plastic & Waste Collected
Monthly Expected Plastic Collection
Number of Clean Ups Per Week
We are raising funds to help Dr. Kebebe and Bakalcha Plastic Waste Collection have more impact! Dr. Kebebe’s clean ups and sorting are powered by the community to make a massive impact! We are raising our first round for equipment like Three Wheel Vehicle (Bajaj) – This will take the work load off the horse <3 and Medium Tracker . Equipment like gloves, wagons, collection tools, transport for waste collected and separated, and outreach for partnerships. Our next steps are to help Bakalcha Plastic Waste Collection open a facility to sort, recycle, and upcycle the plastic picked up during the cleanups.
Dr. Kebebe has funded Bakalcha Plastic Waste Collection on his own, having spent more than $13,000 of his own money for Trash Compactor needed to make big shipments to the recycling center possible. –
$815 – Utility Glove and Gown
$543 – Training Protection
$545 – Transportation
$3000 – Vehicle – 3 Wheel Vehicle
$2000 – Logistics
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$6,903 – Total
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Updated May 22, 2020
Dr. Kebebe Bekele Gonfa
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Plastic wastes are dangerous to Environment, animals and Human beings. In Ethiopia most plastics are used for single use only and discarded to open fields after then, causing major damage. In most part of ethiopia there is no recycling facility.
Plastic waste collection, packing and transporting 600km to factory for recycling in Ethiopia.
330,069 lbs collected
1625 Volunteers
10 Crew members
2018
1625 registered volunteers.
Many schools and students volunteering.
Various local environmental and clean-up groups
I am using Horse for plastic collection in the town and medium trucker for transporting packed plastic to factory and for communication social media
If we get support we want to develop plastic recycling facility and total waste recycling facility in Ethiopia, community awareness on problem of different wastes
Reaching more volunteers and finding sponsors in the next couple of years so that we can have the fundings to do this.
Funding, outreach, networking.
Goba, Ethiopia
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Updated May 22, 2020