Growth brief

Scaling glass bottle recovery across Kenya.

OCUVIDA is building a focused glass recycling operation that connects aggregators, businesses, communities, and downstream partners through reliable collection and material preparation.

Current proof points 32 staff 200+ dependants reached Kariobangi receiving base 5 priority regions

Problem

Glass is heavy, visible, and often poorly recovered.

Bottles move through hotels, restaurants, bars, events, households, and retail channels. Without dedicated collection and sorting, glass is dumped, mixed, broken, and harder to recycle economically.

Solution

A focused glass recovery network.

OCUVIDA gives aggregators and businesses a practical route for glass: collect, receive, sort, store, and dispatch cleaner material to recycling and reuse partners.

Growth case

Why this can scale.

Focused material stream

Glass recovery is operationally specific, measurable, and easier to explain to partners than broad mixed waste handling.

Aggregator-led supply

Existing collection networks can grow with better pickup coordination, communication, and receiving infrastructure.

Visible operations

The Kariobangi base gives partners a real place to inspect receiving, sorting, and dispatch activity.

Impact alignment

The model supports jobs, household income, cleaner neighbourhoods, and circular economy outcomes.

Partner confidence

Existing partner relationships strengthen the growth story.

OCUVIDA's glass recovery network is designed to serve businesses, aggregators, manufacturers, and recycling partners who need a more reliable route for used bottles.

Glass bottle collector receiving bottles from a house owner Glass sorting line Woman collector packing recovered glass bottles into a sack

Growth plan

Expanding collection reliability and material throughput.

Route expansionStrengthen pickups across Nairobi, Central Kenya, Eastern Kenya, Western, and Rift Valley.
Facility capacityImprove receiving, sorting, storage, weighing, and quality-control systems.
Aggregator onboardingBring more collectors and household pickup routes into a consistent glass recovery network.
Reporting systemsTrack volume, source, output quality, jobs, and partner dispatches.

Partnership need

OCUVIDA is building the operating base for wider glass recovery.

The next stage of growth depends on stronger throughput, improved logistics, formalized impact reporting, and wider downstream channels for sorted glass.

Operating capacity Logistics support Sorting equipment Downstream recycling partners Impact measurement
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