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New collection centre to boost waste bottles recycling

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Sheila Roquitte, Deputy Mission Director at USAID talking to workers at the aggregation centre along Kangundo Road in Nairobi. [James Wanzala, Standard]

Recycling of waste plastic bottles has received a boost after a firm launched a third aggregation centre at the start of Kangundo Road off Outering Road in Nairobi.

The centre, which now has a bailing machine, follows another two in Namanga in Kajiado County and one at Export Processing Zone Authority (EPZA) in Athi River, Machakos County.

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