The Flipflopi Toolkit
Recycling solutions for remote communities

Waste leakage

Understand where plastic pollution is coming from, and why The Flipflopi Project decided to supplement beach clean-ups with community plastic collections.

Dumpsite in Lamu with open burning and a donkey grazing on the waste

The collection process

Learn about The Flipflopi Project’s approach to collecting plastic from the community and how we raise awareness of our plastic buy-back system.

The Flipflopi tractor and trailer collecting plastics from the community

Lessons learned

Read the valuable lessons we have learned about collecting plastics from the community, including planning, transport, and working with waste collectors.

Two people at a desk next to the Flipflopi weighing scales and some collected plastic

Transport networks

Advice on how to manage transport challenges when moving collected plastic to your site. Our lessons learned are suitable for all remote, rural and coastal communities.

The Flipflopi tractor driving along a muddy creek at low tide
Huge sacks and piles of plastic collected from the community