Lillian Nyanguthi Mwangi

Nakuru, Kenya

Primary information

Year formed

2009

Formally registered

No

Type of members

Members employ waste pickers

Type of Organization

Sole trader and/or business

Organizational Reach

Local

Workplace of members

Fixed

Membership

No

Organization Structure

Lillian waste business is a sole proprietorship and is not yet registered. She manages the business activities alone although as it grows, she will be able to recruit some people to help her. She keeps few business records – records for materials bought, payments done to waste pickers who sell to her and sales income record.

Objectives

Improve livelihoods, build enterprises, income security, secure funding to grow the business

Funding

Loans, Self funded

Women composition

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Benefits

Services

Types of materials

Bottles, Glass, Metals, Plastics, Shoe soles

Are they selling to middlemen?

Yes

Activities

Buying materials, Selling materials

Challenges to access waste

Harassment from authorities, Lack of infrastructure & resources, Lack of recognition, Price fluctuations of waste

Complementary Information

Information source

Africa 2009

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