His project in Ethiopia has collected and recycled 48,545lbs of plastic waste and provides jobs to 50 students.
His project, Bakalcha Plastic Collection, collects, compacts, and ships 12,000 lbs (550kg) at a time to ship to the nearest recycling center almost 400 miles (650km) away!
To start his vision, Dr. Kebebe secured the equipment rental needed with his own money.
Daily Cleanups employing 50 students
48,545 lbs collected
64 Volunteers
50 Crew members
Accomplishments to date
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Community Volunteers
0
Crew Members
0 Lbs
Plastic & Waste Collected
0+
Monthly Expected Plastic Collection
0
Number of Clean Ups Per Week
The Plan
We are raising funds to help Dr. Kebebe and Bakalcha Plastic Waste Collection have more impact! Dr. Kebebe’s clean ups and sorting are powered by the community to make a massive impact! We are raising our first round for equipment like Three Wheel Vehicle (Bajaj) – This will take the work load off the horse <3 and Medium Tracker . Equipment like gloves, wagons, collection tools, transport for waste collected and separated, and outreach for partnerships. Our next steps are to help Bakalcha Plastic Waste Collection open a facility to sort, recycle, and upcycle the plastic picked up during the cleanups.
Dr. Kebebe has funded Bakalcha Plastic Waste Collection on his own, having spent more than $13,000 of his own money for Trash Compactor needed to make big shipments to the recycling center possible. –
Tools proposed
$815 – Utility Glove and Gown
$543 – Training Protection
$545 – Transportation
$3000 – Vehicle – 3 Wheel Vehicle
$2000 – Logistics
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$6,903 – Total
Funds Raised
$0 of $6,903 Updated May 22, 2020
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Empower Dr. Kebebe & Bakalcha Plastic Waste Collection
Plastic wastes are dangerous to Environment, animals and Human beings. In Ethiopia most plastics are used for single use only and discarded to open fields after then, causing major damage. In most part of ethiopia there is no recycling facility.
If we get support we want to develop plastic recycling facility and total waste recycling facility in Ethiopia, community awareness on problem of different wastes