Best of Waste Ltd is a social enterprise which recycles organic waste to make Sustainable Fuel Cooking Briquettes, Energy Saving Stoves and other low-cost recycled waste products for the urban and peri-urban poor and middle class in Kampala. Their briquettes are long burning, smoke-free and safe for the environment.
Betty Kaddu
BEST OF WASTE LTD
Major Achievements
- From 2015 until today, it produced +750 tonnes of briquettes, thus providing clean energy access to the community;
- Team of 4 full-time employees;
- By providing the briquettes, it saved +66,000 trees that would have been cut down for charcoal;
- Cleaned the environment of 21,000 tonnes of organic waste which were recycled into briquettes;
- It operates in the recycling process in partnership with the community of waste-pickers at Kiteezi landfill;
- +600 livelihoods impacted both directly and indirectly in improved incomes as employees, distributors, retailers and waste pickers;
- Trains women and girls in low-cost waste recycling best practices, marketing and sales of their products while giving them new sources of income to be economically empowered;
- In 2024 it received $6,000 investment from the 3rd Creek Foundation, to procure additional production equipment to build their inventory for larger clients such as schools and restaurants.
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Industry
Waste Management
Country
Uganda
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CEO
MBA
2022-2023, Kampala