International Labour Day
As we celebrate International Labour Day and all the hard working people around the world, we wanted to take the opportunity to highlight our project in Mathare that aims to…
Support Kwale Plastics!
Please take some time to check out and support this worthwhile cause by one of our partners Kwale Plastics Plus Collectors to fight the consequences of Covid-19 and clean up our towns!…
Turning Trash into Treasure!
Beach trash into beach games, forest litter into seedling crates, lakeside rubbish into fishing equipment and trailside garbage into backpacking kit. Clean up the environment and help us turn discarded…
Earth Day!
Happy Earth Day everyone! Sharing a message from the Flipflopi team - a message of hope - drumming up support for the fight against plastic pollution and working towards a…
Kwale Plastics!
Check out the awesome work being done by one of our partners - Kwale Plastics Plus Collectors in Diani! An interview with Susan Scull-Carvalho on the Flipflopi blog. Find out…
Save a life, Plant a tree
Join @trashion.ke at Karura Forest, in celebration of the International Day of Forests marked annually on the 21st March 2020. Our main aim is to raise awareness on climate change…
Inspiration Initiative!
The ISK Inspiration Initiative! ISK has partnered with Village Market for the past 2 years in a program called the Inspired Shopping Campaign. All shoppers need to do is confirm…
Our Carbon Footprint
The Greenest Plastic in Town! We create all our products out of 100% recycled plastic and are developing energy-efficient and off-grid recycling solutions. Creating products out of recycled plastic means…
Seedballs!
In search of the perfect Seedball! Inspired by SeedballsKenya, the ISK Greenhouse Club and Plastiki Rafiki have built a seedball compactor and have been experimenting with different seedball casings and tree…
Precious Plastic Patches!
Part of a Global Community! Thank you Precious Plastic for the funky patches which we received this week! We are very proud to be part of this global community -…
Paddle Boards
Having fun on Kenya's beautiful beaches with a Plastiki Rafiki paddleboard. Made out of 100% recycled beach plastic and discarded flip flops. Big thanks to Anna and Sonia for sending…
Plastiki Rafiki – Why I Love Kenya!
Check out the article about Plastiki Rafiki and the Mt. Kenya Clean Up conducted together with Savage Wilderness in the latest issue of "Why I Love Kenya Magazine", the official…
Happy New Year from Plastiki Rafiki!
As we count the days till the end of 2019 we wanted to share some numbers from last year.... Machines: We have built 6 different compression molding machines, 4 injection…
New products!
List of some recent product and machine prototypes we have been working on in the lab - looking forward to releasing the final versions early next year. Watch this space!…
Tribal Chic 2019
Proud to be part of Tribal Chic 2019 - the annual charity fashion show held at Nairobi’s most prestigious 5 star boutique hotel – Tribe. This year all guests received…
3rd Grade Workshop
ISK 3rd grade students visit our plastic recycling workshop as part of their “matter” unit (materials turning from solid to liquid form) and create seed planters out of extruded plastic…
100%
100% recycled plastic - that would otherwise litter the environment or end up in landfills. 100% student driven - all machines and products are designed and manufactured at the ISK…
Diani Machines!
Nice to see our machines and product molds being used to create unique products in Diani! Working together towards a cleaner and greener Kenya #plastikirafiki
Plastiki Rafiki Winter Items!
Keep the environment in your thoughts this holiday season! Plastiki Rafiki Christmas tree ornaments made out 100% recycled plastic! Find these, as well as our other products at the PTO…
New shin-pad
An ergonomic football shin-pad made out of 100% recycled HDPE and foam! Partnering with Futbol Mas (setting up a plastic recycling workshop in Mathare) has inspired us to take a…
1000 ISK students Plastiki Rafiki
1000 students at ISK! For the first time since its establishment, ISK passed the 1,000 mark this year in enrolled students. To celebrate this momentous milestone for our school we…
Carabiner for fishing? We got you!
Fishing Carabiner?! Check out our latest outdoor product! A handy carabiner made out of 100% recycled plastic which also doubles as hand line for your next fishing adventure. Injection molded…
Camping mallet
Going camping? Check out tour camping mallets made out of 100% recycled plastic. Using our compression machine, shredded HDPE and an old bean can as a mold, hammering pegs has…
We are Mobile!
Check out our new mobile cart! Designed to showcase what you can make out discarded plastic. Recycled plastic products on the go....
Plastiki Rafiki Partnering with Futbol Mas
Fútbol Más (http://futbolmas.org/en/kenya/) a well-established youth program based in Mathare and Kibera, uses football as a medium for learning and developing resilience and life skills for young people between the…
Back from the Summer!
ISK has been closed for the last two months, but we have still been busy. Two of our member's spend the first weeks in June helping to set up a…
New earring and necklace designs
New earring and necklace designs - funky colors for a brighter, greener, cleaner tomorrow!
Kenyan woodcarver gets recycled plastic!
We gave a Kenyan wood carver a block of compressed recycled HDPE plastic to see if it has right properties to be carved. The results are impressive - in an…
Recycled plastic slingshots and packets of indigenous acacia seed balls.
These are plastic slingshots used for launching indigenous acacia seed balls. Weapons in the fight for a cleaner and greener Kenya!
Plastic Greenhouse at ISK
Recycled Plastic Greenhouse! Plastiki Rafiki members working together with ISK Elementary School Students designed and created this greenhouse/shed made entirely out of discarded water and milk bottles. Check out the…
Sign created for Wangari Mathai memorial
In May 2018 Plastiki Rafiki took it upon themselves to create a beautiful sign made out of recycled plastic for Wangari Mathai's visit to ISK. The sign is still standing…
