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Cleaner cities with Riviera Travel

A new project, funded by your travel bookings

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Waste management is a huge challenge in Kenya. The country generates up to 400 tonnes of waste each day.

We’ve partnered with Riviera Travel to tackle these challenges.

The new project will take place in Kisumu, which generates around 252 tonnes of waste, 23 of which are plastics. Only 39% of this waste is estimated to be collected. Comparative estimates from cities such as Mombasa, suggest that only around 15% is recycled. That leaves an estimated 4.87 tonnes of plastic polluting the environment daily.

Kenya is not alone: globally, the problem of our mounting waste and its disposal is daunting, especially in urban areas and slums. As more people migrate from rural areas into urban centres, the amount of waste generated globally is expected to increase to 3.4 billion tonnes over the next 30 years (compared to 2.1 billion tonnes in 2016), according to a report by the World Bank in 2018.

By addressing the waste management challenges in the area, the project aims to mitigate health risks associated with poor waste disposal practices, minimise environmental pollution, and foster sustainable economic development.

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What is Practical Action?

Practical Action is an international development group, building sustainable lives and livelihoods with people on the frontlines of poverty and climate change.

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How are Riviera Travel and Practical Action working together?

Riviera Travel chose Practical Action as a charity partner to further their investment in new solutions to clean up rivers and other waste hotspots in Kenya.

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How can I help?

By donating to Practical Action. Your monthly gift will support people around the world in tackling their toughest challenges.

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The project, when completed, will

  • Reach over 2,000 households to remove 67 tonnes of plastic over two years from the environment, recycling around 33 tonnes, equivalent to three garbage trucks.
  • Reduce the number of waste hotspots in the city, including the Auji River, used for dumping waste.
  • Improve the efficiency and coverage of waste collection services by connecting informal waste workers with existing aggregators, traders, and processing plants.
  • Work with local government and informal waste collectors to encourage waste separation at the household level and effect behaviour change across the city.
  • Organise clean-up campaigns and other behaviour change initiatives to increase take-up of collection services and encourage household waste separation.
  • Provide over 300 informal waste workers with training and safety equipment and help them to form cooperatives, ensuring better pay, conditions, and workforce rights.
  • Work with Kenya Plastics Pact, to reduce the amount of plastic packaging entering the waste system nationally.

 

Phil Hullah, Riviera Travel’s Chief Executive Officer, said: “We are thrilled to support Practical Action’s waste management project in Kisumu through this collaboration.

“The team at Riviera is committed to sustainable, ethical, and responsible travel. As our new charity partner, their work aligns with our values through the exciting projects they have in the pipeline.

“Our goal is to support work or practices that enhance the health and well-being of the community and contribute to the region’s sustainability. Practical Action is dedicated to achieving that, and we are confident that this partnership will help amplify the voices of communities on the front line of the climate crisis.”

The new waste management project in Kenya is financed by Riviera Travel and implemented by Practical Action.

How can I help?

Your gift will support people around the world in tackling their toughest challenges. Please give whatever you can. Thank you.

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