What Waste do we Take?

We have built a community recycling drop off area @ Kaza

& we welcome you to drop off SOME of your waste items here.

Kindly DO NOT bring items NOT ON THE LIST

We currently take:

GLASS BOTTLES

(preferably with lids but not essential)

ECO BRICKS

(plastic bottles filled with single use waste plastic)

** please note we DO NOT take empty plastic bottles nor the loose plastic bags**

PAPER

(newspaper, magazines, printing scraps, old books & diaries, paper from packaging, egg cartons, toilet rolls, cereal boxes, any paper you would throw away!

**clean paper please - not soaked with oil, paint, mud etc**

TINS FROM FOOD

(not Drink Cans nor short Tuna tins)

(baked beans, chickpeas, sweet corn, dog food, cocoa powder, powdered milk etc)

** please make sure they are clean, not rusty and no jagged dangerous edges**

MILK PACKETS (not Boxes)

**Malawi First Choice Milk Packets - cut and washed please**

CLEAR PLASTIC CONTAINERS with LIDS

** Medium & Large size - washed inside please**

ANY PLASTIC BOTTLE LIDS

2L PLASTIC BOTTLES

What do we do
...with OUR waste & yours?

We use some waste for our own Kaza projects, as well as collecting for other

people and organisations who are also recycling and trying to care for our planet

Please see the below projects to see where each waste item goes

UFULU

Empty food tins are used as part of a package when giving women menstrual cups. The tins act as a small pot to sterilize the cups after each use. Many women who receive the cups have little money and buying a pot to sterilize would be difficult or impossible for some.
The cups are given to women for free.
Click on the photo below to Read more.

KAZA KITCHEN

When you drop glass bottles and ready made eco bricks at Kaza we use them for building projects. We are currently collecting them for a multipurpose room we are going to build out of recycled and sustainable material.

We also put some of this waste into our CREATIVE COVE .

In addition to that - ONLY FOR OUR OWN WASTE WE PRODUCE (ie. we do NOT take these from you) Kaza recycles our own kitchen waste. We try as hard as we can not to buy or use single use plastic but it's also not entirely possible - so where we can't avoid it - we try to think how we can own it and do something with it - because there is no such thins as 'away' when you throw things away.

With the fresh fruit and veg off cuts to make our own organic compost for our perma gardens.

We also convert our 5L plastic oil bottles into hanging 'baskets' for plants as well as plant holders. We do the same with tins which are not suitable for Ufulu.

We use our milk cartons to plant seeds - trees and herbs and greens.

All plastic packaging from sugar, salt, rice, spaghetti, toilet paper, beer, washing powder and more gets stuffed into the 2L water bottles that we use when buying sparkling water.

Creative Cove - at Kaza Kitchen

We are providing "everyday stuff" to kids and ADULTS to turn it into art, such as plastic container, keys, glass jars, egg trays, fabric and more... as part of our recycling spirit.

We believe that EVERYONE IS AN ARTIST
CREATING, EXPLORING, EXPRESSING THROUGH ART CAN BE A FORM OF THERAPY AS WELL AS A HOBBY.
LIFE IS SO BUSY WITH DEADLINES AND STRESS WE OFTEN DO NOT CREATE SPACE TO DO THE FUN AND THERAPEUTIC THINGS ANYMORE THE CREATIVE COVE AT KAZA KITCHEN IS HERE FOR YOU TO DO JUST THAT!
STEP OUT TO THE ‘NORMAL’ DAILY ROUTINE, INSTEAD OF STARING INTO YOUR PHONE WHILE WAITING FOR YOUR LUNCH GRAB A PAINT BRUSH & GIVE IT A GO!!!

HENRY_RECYCLED PAPER_ DEDZA

Henry lives and works outside of Lilongwe.
He literally soaks, pounds and then makes new paper, by hand, using the 'waste' paper otherwise thrown away. We are also always looking for anyone going to Dedza, or passing by on the way to Blantyre, with space in their car to take the paper we collect for him, to save on the cost of him taking it all on a minibus.
Click on the photo below to Read more.