Accelerating Kenya's Recycling Economy
Building a stronger recovery and recycling ecosystem by connecting collectors, aggregators, transporters, recyclers and other value chain actors through transparent, traceable and collaborative EPR implementation.
Supporting licensed Waste Value Chain Actors across Kenya.
Recovery & Recycling Requires an Entire Value Chain.
Effective waste management requires collaboration across the entire value chain. From producers and consumers to collectors, aggregators, transporters and recyclers, every actor has a role in ensuring valuable materials remain in productive use.
Through its Recovery & Recycling programme, KEPRO works to strengthen an inclusive and efficient ecosystem for the recovery of post-consumer packaging waste while supporting environmental protection, economic opportunity and social development.
The programme contributes to KEPRO's wider ambition of advancing Zero Waste and accelerating Kenya's transition towards a more sustainable Circular Economy.
Part of KEPRO's Wider Circular Economy Programmes
Recovery & Recycling works alongside KEPRO's broader initiatives to strengthen awareness, participation, innovation and circularity across Kenya.
Consumer-Led Transformation
Encouraging responsible consumption and greater consumer participation in circularity.
KEPRO Rada Safi
Promoting personal and shared responsibility for waste through public awareness.
Waste Redefined
Supporting practical knowledge and better understanding of responsible waste management.
Circular Economy Accelerator
Supporting innovation and solutions capable of accelerating Kenya's circular economy.
KEPRO Take-Back Model
Strengthening practical channels for recovery and responsible post-consumer material collection.
KEPRO Youth Chapter
Engaging young people in sustainability, environmental action and circular economy solutions.
Trainings & Workshops
Targeted capacity building for stakeholders across Kenya's waste and recycling ecosystem.
From Waste Collection to New Products.
Recovery is not a single activity. Materials move through several interconnected stages before they can return to productive use.
KEPRO works across this value chain to strengthen recovery, traceability and recycling of post-consumer packaging waste.
Recovery
Gathering, consolidating and preparing material for processing.
Collection
Gathering and transferring post-consumer waste from homes, offices, businesses and other waste generation points.
Aggregation & Segregation
Consolidating recovered materials and separating them into material-specific fractions such as plastics, metals and paper.
Baling & Transportation
Compressing suitable recovered materials for efficient storage and transporting them between value chain facilities.
Sorting
Further separating recovered material into specific grades or categories according to predetermined criteria.
Processing
Preparing recovered material for transformation into reusable feedstock.
Grinding
Reducing plastic material into smaller fragments, particles or flakes through crushing or grinding.
Washing
Cleaning flakes with water and, where required, appropriate soap or detergent before further processing.
Agglomeration
Increasing the bulk density of recovered material to improve feeding into relevant plastic processing equipment.
Granulation / Pelletisation
Processing recyclable plastic into granules or pellets suitable for use as secondary raw material.
Conversion
Recycled pellets and other secondary raw materials are converted into new materials, packaging and products — returning recovered resources to productive use.
Recovery That Creates Measurable Value.
Through its engagement with Waste Management Operators and Waste Value Chain Actors, KEPRO continues to support material recovery, recycling and capacity development across Kenya.
Of post-consumer packaging waste recovered and recycled.
To support and boost recycling efforts across the waste recovery ecosystem.
Waste Management Operator representatives directly supported through training and capacity building.
Become a KEPRO Contracted Waste Value Chain Actor.
KEPRO is inviting licensed Waste Value Chain Actors to participate in its Extended Producer Responsibility implementation programme for the September–December 2026 contract period.
The programme supports recovery, aggregation, transportation and recycling of post-consumer packaging waste through transparent subsidy mechanisms, digital reporting and verified material traceability.
Who Can Apply?
Select the category that best represents your role within the recovery and recycling value chain.
Recyclers
Licensed recycling companies and operators processing eligible recovered materials into secondary raw materials or recycled products.
Incinerators
Licensed operators handling eligible material fractions under the applicable KEPRO engagement and compliance framework.
Aggregators
Licensed entities consolidating recovered materials from collectors and supplying contracted recyclers.
Transporters
Licensed transport providers supporting movement of eligible recovered materials between contracted value chain actors.
Waste Collectors
Individual collectors, CBOs, PSPs, agents and Buyback Centres participating through contracted aggregation channels.
Waste Value Chain Actors should apply under the category in which they will operate during the contract period. Role changes will only be considered upon justification and during contract renewal in 2027.
Ready to Join the Recovery & Recycling Programme?
Complete the KEPRO Expression of Interest and submit the required information for consideration.
Requirements by Waste Value Chain Actor.
Each participant category has specific eligibility, documentation and operating requirements under the September–December 2026 contracting framework.
Select your category below to review the applicable conditions before completing the Expression of Interest.
Recyclers
KEPRO will continue engaging recyclers under the current contracting structure, subject to the updated eligibility and documentation requirements.
Eligibility & Key Conditions
- Subsidies will be based on verified sales of secondary raw materials and/or finished recycled products.
- Subsidy rates will be adjusted relative to previous contracted volumes.
- Recyclers must demonstrate purchases from at least one KEPRO-contracted Aggregator.
- Failure to source eligible material from contracted Aggregators will result in ineligibility for subsidy on the affected material fraction.
Required Documents
- Certificate of Incorporation or Registration
- KRA PIN Certificate
- Tax Compliance Certificate
- Business Permit
- EIA Licence
- Recent NEMA Annual Audit
- Recycling Licence
- CR12 where applicable
Incinerators
KEPRO engagement with Incinerators applies to eligible Flexible Plastic Laminates received through contracted Aggregators.
Eligibility
- KEPRO will only engage Incinerators that have demonstrated receipt and incineration of Flexible Plastic Laminates from contracted Aggregators.
- A Destruction Certificate is required for payment of incineration charges.
Payment of eligible incineration charges is subject to provision of the required destruction evidence.
Required Documents
- Certificate of Incorporation or Registration
- KRA PIN Certificate
- Tax Compliance Certificate
- Business Permit
- Licence to Own/Operate Waste Treatment Plant / Disposal Site
- EIA Licence
- Recent NEMA Annual Audit
- CR12 where applicable
Aggregators
Aggregators consolidate materials from collectors and channel eligible recovered material to recyclers.
Applicable to Paper & Carton, Metals, Rigid Plastics and other approved categories identified under the programme framework.
Key Conditions
- Aggregators shall operate under an exclusive agreement with KEPRO for recovered and sold post-consumer packaging waste volumes.
- Subsidy volume caps will apply across actors within a specific material segment.
Record Keeping
- Database of all collectors supplying materials.
- Monthly summaries of volumes received by material sub-fraction.
- Supporting documentation for all transactions.
Required Documents
- Certificate of Incorporation or Registration
- KRA PIN Certificate
- Tax Compliance Certificate
- Business Permit
- EIA Licence
- Recent NEMA Annual Audit
- Operating Licence
- CR12 where applicable
Transporters
Transporters support movement of eligible recovered materials and are subsidized through the contracted Aggregator or Recycler.
Eligibility
- NEMA Transport Licence
- County Transport Licence
- No minimum tonnage or transaction volume required for subsidy consideration.
Compensation may be provided through contracted Aggregators and/or Recyclers.
Required Evidence
- Vehicle registration details
- Geo-tagged loading activity photographs
- Geo-tagged offloading activity photographs
- Mileage records for loading and offloading points
- Weighbridge receipts
- Delivery notes
- Invoices and supporting logistics documentation
Eligible Material Categories
Waste Collectors
Collectors form the foundation of the recycling ecosystem and participate through KEPRO-contracted aggregation channels.
The cumulative minimum must be collected and sold to KEPRO-contracted Aggregators.
Who This Includes
- Individual Collectors / Pickers
- Community Based Organizations (CBOs)
- Private Waste Service Providers (PSPs)
- Agents
- Buyback Centres
Registration Requirements
- County Waste Collection Authorization and Business Permit where applicable
- Certificate of Incorporation or Registration; or
- Individual National ID; or
- CBO Registration Certificate; or equivalent
Payment Basis
- Verified sales volumes
- Aggregator purchase records
- Reported and validated collector databases
- Valid bank details provided
Confirm your requirements, then complete the EOI.
Applications are submitted through the KEPRO September–December 2026 Expression of Interest.
How the KEPRO Engagement Framework Works.
Contracted Waste Value Chain Actors operate within a structured framework designed to support transparent subsidy administration, verified material traceability and accountable reporting.
From eligible material transactions to reporting, verification and payment, each stage is supported by clear requirements.
Subsidy Structure
Subsidy support is linked to eligible post-consumer packaging waste moving through the contracted value chain.
Subsidies are paid per kilogram (kg) of eligible contracted material sub-fractions.
Applicable subsidy rates are based on verified transactions with the next actor in the vertical value chain.
Subsidies apply strictly to post-consumer packaging waste volumes.
Digital Reporting & Traceability
Material recovery and sales records form the traceability evidence used to support programme reporting and verification.
Material recovery and sales records must be captured in the KEPRO Waste Management System during the contract period.
Submit the monthly report by the 5th day of the following month.
KEPRO reviews submitted reports within 15 days and provides approval or feedback.
Verification & Compliance
Reported transactions and material movements remain subject to KEPRO verification and compliance monitoring.
Random verification exercises where required.
Operational checks across contracted actors.
Validation of reported value-chain transactions.
Assessment of material movement across the chain.
Invoice & Payment
Once reporting and verification requirements are satisfied, approved subsidy payments proceed through the programme's invoicing process.
Monthly report receives KEPRO approval following review and verification.
Invoice must be submitted within 10 days after report approval.
Payment is made within 30 days following approval and submission of a valid eTIMS-compliant invoice.
Eligible transactions must follow the vertical value chain.
Subsidy eligibility is linked to verified transactions between actors operating at successive stages of the recovery and recycling value chain.
See the applicable September–December 2026 rates.
Review the official subsidy schedule by waste stream, material sub-fraction and value-chain actor.
Approved Subsidy Rates September – December 2026.
Review the approved KEPRO subsidy rates applicable to licensed Waste Value Chain Actors during the September–December 2026 contracting period.
Rates are provided in Kenya Shillings per kilogram and vary by waste stream, packaging sub-category, material fraction and value-chain actor.
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Subsidy rates shown in the official document are applicable to the September–December 2026 contracts.
Transporters are subsidised through the contracted Aggregator or Recycler.
KEPRO payments to contracted Waste Value Chain Actors remain subject to the agreed Terms & Conditions.
How KEPRO Supports Waste Value Chain Actors.
Are you part of the recycling value chain?
Whether you are a waste generator, collector, aggregator, processor or recycler, KEPRO works with value chain actors towards a stronger and more sustainable recycling ecosystem.
Subsidies & Top-Up Incentives
KEPRO provides performance-based financial support for eligible contracted packaging waste recovery activity under the applicable subsidy framework.
Capacity Building
Training and workshops covering waste management practices, recycling technologies, business skills and operational improvement.
- Training & workshops
- Technical assistance
- Productivity improvement
Market Access
Supporting connections between potential buyers, suppliers and other market actors to facilitate stronger recycling transactions.
- Buyer & supplier linkages
- Market research
- Offtake opportunities
Policy Advocacy
Engaging relevant stakeholders to support policies and regulatory approaches that strengthen Kenya's recycling industry.
- Industry advocacy
- Government collaboration
- Regulatory engagement
Infrastructure Development
Supporting stronger collection, sorting and recycling infrastructure while encouraging appropriate technologies that improve efficiency.
- Collection infrastructure
- Sorting & recycling facilities
- Technology adoption
Financial Support
Exploring suitable financial assistance and facilitating access to financing opportunities that can strengthen recycling operations.
- Financing opportunities
- Grant & subsidy pathways
- Financial institution linkages
KEPRO's approach combines financial incentives, capacity development, market linkages, policy engagement and ecosystem strengthening.
Partner With KEPRO to Accelerate Kenya's Recycling Economy.
Want to understand how KEPRO can support your recycling activities? Request a callback and connect with the KEPRO team.
Building Kenya's Recycling Economy Together.
By working together, we can create a circular economy where recovered materials remain valuable resources — supporting a cleaner environment, stronger recycling markets and sustainable economic opportunities.
Have a concern during execution of your contract?
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Partner with KEPRO towards accelerating Kenya's Recycling Economy. One recyclable material at a time.