Waste Management & Reuse

Njombe's rural wards have no waste collection service. STP collects plastic bottles and containers with young people, then reuses them as seedling pots and vertical kitchen gardens — cutting litter while producing food and trees.

Children tending a garden grown in reused plastic containers

What this includes

Household and school plastic collection drives
Reuse of bottles and containers as seedling pots and hanging gardens
Keyhole and tyre gardens built from reclaimed materials
Awareness sessions on burning, dumping and safe disposal

Collect · Reuse · Grow

Approach

Youth groups

Led by

Gardens & nurseries

Output

Other programmes

Rows of young tree seedlings in a Save the Planet nursery

Tree Planting & Nurseries

Growing seedlings locally and planting them where land has been stripped bare.

Community group planting trees together in Luduga Ward

Community Action & Education

School clubs, farmer training and village meetings that keep the work going year-round.

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