Pure Planet Recyclers

What Pure Planet Recyclers does

Pure Planet Recyclers Ltd is a privately held waste-management and recycling company headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, operating from a single processing facility off Komarock Rd. The company converts mixed waste streams — primarily plastics and organic/food waste — into sellable outputs. For plastics, input is sorted into fractions, ground, packed, and sold as affordable raw material to plasticware manufacturers. For organics, food waste is converted to animal feed, the remainder is used in Black Soldier Fly farming, and residual material is processed into compost fertilizer; dry-waste segregation is performed at the Komarock Rd facility. A separate in-house fabrication department produces locally built industrial equipment, including plastic shredders/crashers in two size variants (15–20 HP / 250 kg/hr and 30 HP / 400 kg/hr), driers, and bespoke factory crashers, with a newer line handling waste PET strappings.

The business operates on a direct-to-customer model: prospective equipment buyers can conduct test runs at the facility, request free quotations, and receive 24/7 post-sale support; custom fabrication is offered for specialized industrial requirements. Revenue streams therefore span processed plastic raw material sales, equipment sales (one-time), organic byproducts (animal feed, BSF inputs, compost), and professional fabrication services. Customer segments are primarily Kenyan plasticware manufacturers (raw materials) and industrial waste processors (equipment), with a secondary agricultural offtake stream for organic products. Distribution is single-channel: direct sales from the Komarock Rd facility serving the domestic Kenyan market.

The company is integrated into the Kenyan waste-recycling ecosystem via partnerships with NEMA (National Environment Management Authority) as a core regulatory relationship, the Kenya Association for Waste Recyclers (KAWR), Takataka Web, and Hand Web. Pure Planet also positions a social-employment mission focused on women and youth alongside its environmental objectives. Financials are undisclosed: no revenue, headcount, funding history, or management team are documented in available sources, and the operation presents as a small-scale, founder-led single-site enterprise.

Name

Pure Planet Recyclers

Legal name

Pure Planet Recyclers Ltd

Website

https://pureplanetrecyclers.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Pure Planet Recyclers is a Nairobi-based waste-recycling company that converts plastics and organic waste into raw materials, animal feed, and compost, and locally fabricates industrial plastic shredders for sale to Kenyan plasticware manufacturers, waste processors, and agricultural offtakers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Recycling & Management

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (562920), Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing (326), All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing (326199)

SIC

Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers (2821), Miscellaneous Plastics Products (3080)

akta.pro primary industry

Mechanical Recycling (Wash, Grind, Pelletize) (EUAIAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Plastic Recycling Equipment & Technology Providers (Sorting, Washing, Extrusion) (EUAIAKAM), Packaging Waste Sorting & Recycling Technologies (Mechanical/Chemical Recycling, Sorting Systems) (IMALAMAL), Recycled & Reprocessed Polymer Resin Manufacturing (rPET, rPP, rPE; PCR/PIR resins) (IMANAAAH)

Keywords

• Plastic recycling services
• Waste management equipment
• Recycled plastic raw materials
• Industrial shredder fabrication
• Organic waste processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Nairobi

HQ country

Kenya

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Processed Plastic Raw Materials Sales: Converts waste plastic into affordable, quality raw materials through sorting, grinding, and packing processes. The processed materials are sold to plasticware manufacturers to produce finished goods.
2. Waste Management Equipment Sales: Manufactures and sells industrial plastic shredders/crashers and driers. Offers test runs before purchase, 24/7 support, and custom fabrication options. Smaller crashers (15-20HP, 250kg/hr) and larger crashers (30HP, 400kg/hr) available.
3. Organic Waste Processing: Processes food waste into animal feed and uses remainder for Black Soldier Fly (BSF) farming. Remnants converted to compost fertilizer for sale.
4. Custom Fabrication Services: Provides custom factory crasher fabrication services with free quotations, targeting specific industrial customer requirements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Pure Planet Recyclers converts waste plastics into sorted, ground, and packed raw materials that are sold to plasticware manufacturers for finished goods production. It also runs a fabrication department that manufactures industrial plastic shredders/crashers in two sizes (15-20 HP at 250 kg/hr and 30 HP at 400 kg/hr) plus custom factory crashers, and it processes organic food waste into animal feed, Black Soldier Fly (BSF) farming inputs, and compost fertilizer.

Product overview

Pure Planet Recyclers operates as a waste management and recycling company offering a portfolio of integrated services and manufactured products. The core offering includes plastic recycling (sorting, grinding, packing waste plastic for manufacturers) and organic waste processing (food waste for animal feeds, BSF farming, compost fertilizer). The company also operates a fabrication department producing industrial plastic shredders in two sizes (15-20HP/250kg/hr and 30HP/400kg/hr), custom factory crashers, and processes unconventional materials like waste PET strappings. Dry waste segregation is performed at their Komarock Rd facility.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industrial Plastic Shredder (Crasher) Locally fabricated industrial plastic shredding/crashing machine for businesses and waste processors needing on-site plastic size reduction. Available in two sizes — a smaller 15-20 HP unit with 250 kg/hr output and six blades, and a larger 30 HP unit with 400 kg/hr output — with 24/7 post-sale support.
• Plastic Recycling Service (Processed Plastic Raw Materials) Service that converts waste plastic into sorted, ground, and packed raw materials for sale to plasticware manufacturers, who use them to produce finished plastic goods.
• Organic Waste Processing (Animal Feed, BSF Farming Inputs, Compost Fertilizer) Service that processes food waste into animal feed, uses the remainder for Black Soldier Fly (BSF) farming, and converts remnants into compost fertilizer sold to farmers and agriculture businesses.
• Dry Waste Segregation Segregation service for dry waste performed at Pure Planet Recyclers' Komarock Rd facility in Nairobi, separating dry waste fractions for downstream recycling or processing.
• Waste PET Strapping Processing Processing of waste PET strappings into usable raw materials, designed to handle challenging and unconventional plastic waste streams.
• Custom Factory Crasher Fabrication Bespoke industrial crasher/shredder fabrication service tailored to specific customer requirements, with free quotations provided.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• KAWR (Kenya Association for Waste Recyclers)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership displayed in the partnerships section of the website. KAWR (Kenya Association for Waste Recyclers) appears as a partner logo alongside other organizations, suggesting membership or collaborative relationship in the Kenyan waste recycling ecosystem.
• NEMA (National Environment Management Authority)coreOthersNEMA, Kenya's environmental regulatory authority, appears as a partner logo. This relationship likely involves regulatory compliance and environmental licensing for waste management operations.
• Takataka WebminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAppears as a partner logo on the website, suggesting collaboration in the waste management/recycling sector with potential marketing or awareness-building activities.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Vecoplan: Established German manufacturer of industrial shredders and recycling machinery. Comparable on the equipment-fabrication side of Pure Planet's business, though at a vastly larger scale and serving global industrial buyers.
• Shred-Tech: North American manufacturer of industrial shredding and size-reduction equipment. Comparable as an established player in the same industrial-shredder product category that Pure Planet's fabrication department addresses locally.

Regional players

• Wecyclers: Nigeria-based household recycling collection and processing platform. Regional peer operating the same post-consumer plastics recovery value chain in a different African geography with overlapping feedstock-collection mechanics.
• EcoAct Tanzania: Tanzanian waste-management and recycling services company operating in the East African region. Regional peer on waste-collection and processing operations serving similar plastic-recycling customer segments in a neighboring geography.

Direct peers

• Takataka Solutions: East African (Kenya/Uganda) waste-management company converting plastic waste into usable products. Listed as a website partner of Pure Planet Recyclers, indicating overlapping participation in the regional recycling ecosystem with comparable feedstock and end-markets.
• Mr. Green Africa: Nairobi-based plastics recycler that buys post-consumer plastic and processes it into recycled resin for manufacturers. Closest direct peer — same geography, same customer (plasticware manufacturers), same mechanical-recycling model.
• Gjenge Makers: Kenyan enterprise that transforms mixed plastic waste into construction pavers and tiles. Direct peer on the 'plastic-to-finished-goods' model, serving B2B buyers (builders, contractors) in Kenya with similar input streams.
• Regen Organics: Kenyan company converting organic waste into agricultural inputs including animal feed and organic fertilizer. Directly comparable on the organic-waste-to-feed/compost value stream that Pure Planet also operates.

Emerging players

• RecyGlo: Africa-focused waste-management and recycling services company operating plastic-recovery operations in Kenya. Compares as an emerging player addressing the same plastic-recycling value chain with overlapping target customers.
• Precious Plastic: Global open-source community and equipment blueprints for small-scale plastic recycling workshops. Compares on the community/workshop model of small-batch plastic processing with shared machinery designs that overlap with PPR's shredder-crasher offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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