(18 Jan 2025)
KENYA RECYCLING CLOTHES
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Nairobi, Kenya – 5 November 2024
1. Various of products in The Artisanal Gallery a shop which sells upcycled products made from used clothes
2. External of Africa Collect Textiles (correct) warehouse
3. Worker bring in bin from a collection point full of clothes
4. Various of employees working on recycling clothes
5. Various set up of Nathalie Naina, from Africa Collect Textiles
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Nathalie Naina, Communications manager Africa Collect Textiles:
"Since our goal is to extend fabric life, we have created a reseller program outside Nairobi where these clothes can still go ahead in circularity by vendors who would want cheaper options of bales (referring to bundles of clothes) rather than the more expensive ones in Gikomba (One of Kenya’s largest clothes markets). Then for our non-wearables we have repurposed them through upcycling. Upcycling involves getting a cloth that is worn out and then transforming it into a better product where it can survive for longer."
7. Employees at work for Africa Collect Textiles
8. Various of some of the finished products in a room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Nathalie Naina, Communications manager Africa Collect Textiles:
"What we do not know is that after the relative or the child at the children’s home has worn these clothes they are still going to find a way to dispose them and those are landfills. And when these clothes reach the landfills they are either burnt to reduce their volume or they are left to decay. What we do not know is that some of the clothes that are being produced now take almost 200 years to decompose. The solution ACT is providing is one that rather provides a zero waste solution, low carbon emissions but also kick starts a circular ecosystem for textile in the world."
10. Various of Crista Victoria Mehta walking into her shop and looking at a recycled bag
11. Various close of recycled rug
12. Close of rug with woven portrait of a woman
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Crista Victoria Mehta, co-founder The Artisanal Gallery:
"When my clients are in the store and we are able to tell people that this is not just a basket or it is not just a carpet and it is actually made from jeans material, it immediately invokes a sense of a more conscious buying decision and a purchase decision that holds a lot more value than just a carpet or just a basket that they may have seen around in the same type of technique, but they are drawn towards knowing that their purchase has made a difference to the environment, it has taught them something they did not know existed. They suddenly know that if I have you know, foot ware or textiles lying in the house; I can come and donate it and it is going to be rebirthed into a beautiful product that others can buy."
14. Various of Use Sabala Akatumbi walking to a clothes collection point and depositing clothes
15. SOUNDBITE (English): Use Sabala Akatumbi a small business owner
"Before I knew of Africa Collect Textiles, I used to throw my clothes in the dustbin or actually just give them away. But I realised they were going to end up in dumps so I walked into a mall and saw their bin and ever since then I give my clothes to them."
16. Various of finished recycled products
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Kiambu, Kenya – 15 November 2024
17. SOUNDBITE (English): Betterman Simidi Founder, Clean Up Kenya
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nairobi, Kenya – 5 November 2024
18. Wide of products on sale at The Artisanal Gallery
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