Plastiki Rafiki Sets Sail!
Plastiki Rafiki Partners with Flipflopi for the Lake Victoria Expedition Plastiki Rafiki is excited to announce a partnership with the Flipflopi project for their upcoming Lake Victoria expedition. The purpose…
Off-grid Plastic Recycling!
Over the last couple of months we have been working on designing and testing off-grid plastic recycling machines for a project in Northern Kenya. We built a pedal powered plastic…
Plastiki Rafiki Partnering with the Flipflopi Lake Victoria Expedition!
Yes, The Flipflopi Expedition that designed, built and sailed a 9 meter traditional Swahili Dhow made entirely from recycled plastic from Lamu to Zanzibar last year. This year they are taking their…
Boy Scouts Clean Mt. Kenya
A big shout out to Boy Scout Troop 140 in the Trans-Atlantic Council (BSA). They recently climbed Mt. Kenya, hiking up the Sirimon route and coming down Chogoria route over…
Introducing the Plastiki Rafiki Planter!
Reusable interlocking flatpack planting pots for tree seedlings made out of 100% recycled plastic. Transfer your carefully raised seedlings without disturbing the roots and creating rubbish through the use of…
Old bottles given a second life!
We specialize in recycled plastic but have recently been experimenting with recycled glass. We create unique glasses and serving trays out of used bottles. Bottles come in many shapes and…
Extruded Plastic Bowls
Extruded plastic bowls made out of 100% recycled plastic. We are having fun experimenting with different weaves, colors, and textures.
Plastiki Rafiki in TIE Magazine!
Plastiki Rafiki featured in the current issue of The International Educator (TIE) newspaper! Read Article
Carabiners in Lamu
Sailing and fishing off the Kenya coast with carabiners made out of 100% recycled ocean plastic.
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…
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…
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…
Recycled plastic bags collecting plastic to recycle
Did you know all the bags we use for our trash collection drives are made from 100% recycled PP? A big thank you to Texplast Kenya who generously sponsor our…
Taka Taka Solutions
We recycle plastics, but what about all the rest of the rubbish we collect? We deposit it at the ISK recycling facility where Taka Taka Solutions picks it up and…
Mt. Kenya Clean Up
Plastiki Rafiki, Students for the Environment Club and Savage Wilderness Safaris came together during the annual International School of Kenya intercultural trip to lead a rubbish collection and awareness drive…
Plastiki Rafiki in Diani
Transferring what we have learned from setting up and running Plastiki Rafiki over the past year, the club has been working towards setting up other workshops outside the school walls,…
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…
Launching the Plastiki Rafiki Network!
Having proven that you can run a viable business creating products out of recycled plastic in Kenya we get frequent visits from different organizations and individuals interested in starting their…
New earring and necklace designs
New earring and necklace designs - funky colors for a brighter, greener, cleaner tomorrow!
Cleaning up our homes and making new ones!
As part of the “Homes” Unit, ISK Pre-K kids learn about the importance of recycling and the impact of plastic on the environment. During the course of the unit students…
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…
