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Recycling in Nairobi

Steve Daniels has a great post at Analogue/Digital about Nairobi's Industrial Area. "Essential to the Industrial Area’s thriving activity, and indeed a critical differentiator from rural jua kalis, is an equally thriving materials infrastructure. To sustain the manufacturing of so many diverse products, a separate industry has emerged for raw materials, both recycled and new."
"Working with scrap material presents new design challenges. Flexibility is critical when ideal parts are not always available."
Have a look at Nairobi Industrial Area: Products for more recycled lamps, boxes and much more. Images by Steve Daniels. 

     
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Posted by Dave Tait 

Comments (1)

Oct 23, 2009
sasha said...
where can i drop off items for recycling?

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