What Namé Recycling does

Namé Recycling is a privately held plastic recycling company operating a collection-to-conversion value chain across Central Africa. Founded in 2015 in Cameroon by Roblain Namegni and Thomas Poelmans with Belgian-Dutch technical support, the company collects PET, HDPE, and LDPE plastics through informal collector networks, household programs, and direct relationships with industrial waste producers, then processes them via sorting, washing, extrusion, and pelletisation into flakes, PET straps, and high-purity pellets sold to local breweries, bottling companies, and international buyers in Belgium and the Netherlands.

The company's core technology is a full-cycle mechanical recycling production line selected for low water and energy consumption; its pellets meet international bottle-to-bottle quality standards, enabling export to European reference recyclers. Namé holds the only environmental permit for plastic waste management in Cameroon (granted August 2015) and has replicated the model into Gabon via an exclusive partnership with Castel Group - Sobraga. Operations span three plants in Limbe, Douala/Yaoundé (Cameroon), and Libreville (Gabon), with corporate headquarters in Brussels.

Revenue is generated primarily through transaction-based sale of recycled raw materials (flakes, straps, pellets) to local manufacturers and European buyers, supplemented by industrial waste collection services that help producers meet legal producer responsibility obligations under Cameroonian law. Go-to-market combines enterprise field sales to large industrial waste producers with a community-led informal collector network paid per kilogram. Capital formation to date has been modest, anchored by Dutch business plan competition prize awards in 2015 and exploratory discussions with FMO and Dutch business angels in 2016; ownership and detailed funding amounts are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Namé Recycling

Legal name

NAMé Recycling SA

Website

https://name-recycling.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Namé Recycling is a privately held plastic recycling company that collects PET, HDPE, and LDPE waste across Cameroon and Gabon, converting it into flakes, PET straps, and bottle-to-bottle-grade pellets sold to local beverage producers and European recyclers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plastic Recycling Services and Recycled Raw Materials

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (56292), Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing (325211), Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing (326), Waste Collection (56211)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Miscellaneous Plastics Products (3080)

akta.pro primary industry

Recycled & Reprocessed Polymer Resin Manufacturing (rPET, rPP, rPE; PCR/PIR resins) (IMANAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Post-Consumer Plastic Collection & Sorting (MRF/PRF, Bale Supply) (EUAIAKAA), Reprocessed Resin & Recycled Polymer Compounding (PCR/PIR Compounds) (IMANAMAG), Rigid Plastics Recycling (HDPE/PP, Injection/Blow Molded) (EUAIAKAF), Film & Flexible Plastics Recycling (LDPE/LLDPE, Multilayer) (EUAIAKAE)

Keywords

• Plastic recycling services
• Recycled plastic raw materials
• PET bottle recycling
• Waste management solutions
• Circular economy packaging

Headquarters

HQ city

Limbe

HQ country

Cameroon

HQ region

Africa

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Sale of recycled plastic flakes and PET straps: Raw plastic is transformed into flakes and PET straps after sorting, washing, extrusion and pelletising. Plastic flakes and PET straps are sold on the local and international market to be used as recycled raw materials, closing the materials loop. Products sold to breweries, bottling companies, and international partners in Belgium and the Netherlands.
2. Plastic waste collection services for industrial clients: NAMé buys industrial plastic waste from large producers (breweries, beverage companies) for recycling, and also charges for collection and take-back services to fulfill legal producer responsibility obligations under Cameroonian law. Collaboration with SOURCE DU PAYS includes NAMé purchasing their industrial plastic waste for recycling.
3. Informal sector collection network payments: Collectors (informal sector workers, households) are paid per kilogram for plastic they deliver. NAMé pays people to collect plastic waste, creating income opportunities and a collection network across Cameroon.

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Namé Recycling collects PET, HDPE, and LDPE plastic waste through a network of informal collectors and industrial partners in Cameroon and Gabon, then processes the materials through sorting, washing, extrusion, and pelletisation to produce plastic flakes, PET straps, and high-purity pellets. These recycled plastic raw materials are sold to local manufacturers (breweries, bottling companies, dairy producers) and to international bottle-to-bottle recyclers in Belgium and the Netherlands, closing the materials loop and supporting a circular economy.

Product overview

NAMé Recycling is a plastic waste recycling company operating a collection-to-conversion value chain. The company collects plastic waste (PET, HDPE, LDPE) through a network of informal collectors and businesses in Cameroon and Gabon, then transforms raw plastic into flakes and PET straps through sorting, washing, extrusion, and pelletizing processes. The resulting products—plastic flakes, PET straps, and plastic pellets—are sold as recycled raw materials on local and international markets, closing the materials loop.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plastic Flakes Processed plastic fragments produced from sorted, washed, and processed PET, HDPE, and LDPE plastic waste; sold as recycled raw material on local and international markets to breweries, bottling companies, and manufacturers.
• PET Straps Extruded PET straps produced from recycled plastic material and sold on local and international markets as industrial packaging material.
• Plastic Pellets / Granules High-purity recycled plastic pellets produced through extrusion and pelletising processes that meet international quality standards for sale to breweries, bottling companies, and international bottle-to-bottle recycling partners in Belgium and the Netherlands.
• Plastic Waste Collection Services Collection of PET, HDPE, and LDPE plastics through a network of informal collectors and businesses, including B2B collection programs for industrial companies and B2C programs for households; helps industrial clients fulfill legal producer responsibility obligations under Cameroonian law.

Quantifiable outcome

• 218,602,714 plastic bottles collected
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Castel Group - SobragacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2019NAMé Gabon functions as exclusive recycling partner for Castel Group - Sobraga in Gabon, collecting and recycling plastic waste from their beverage operations. This partnership was established when Gabon operations launched in February 2019.
• SOURCE DU PAYScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 December 2016SOURCE DU PAYS is a Cameroonian company specialized in the production and marketing of soft drinks, sparkling beverages, energy drinks, and mineral water. NAMé purchases and recycles their industrial plastic waste, making SOURCE DU PAYS their key partner for fulfilling post-consumer plastic management obligations. Partnership born during CAN Women 2016 preparations.
• UN Global CompactcoreOthers · 1 July 2016NAMé joined the UN Global Compact in July 2016, committing to 10 universal principles covering human rights, labour standards, environmental responsibility, and anti-corruption. NAMé must submit an annual Communication on Progress report.
• CAMLAITcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCAMLAIT is a Cameroonian dairy company that purchases NAMé's recycled plastic and incorporates it into their production processes. This represents NAMé's primary local market customer for recycled plastic materials.
• SABC CamerooncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerNAMé cooperation with SABC Cameroon on advertorials for plastic waste collection in Cameroonian cities. SABC provides media coverage for NAMé's collection activities.
• Cimencam (Lafarge group)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerPromotional campaign in cooperation with Cimencam, part of the Lafarge group. Includes group pictures, contract signing, and promotional team activities.
• Local breweries and bottling companiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAMé sells recycled plastic pellets to local breweries and bottling companies in Cameroon who purchase recycled raw materials for their manufacturing processes.
• European bottle-to-bottle recycling partners (Belgium and Netherlands)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAMé ships recycled plastic pellets to reference companies in Belgium and the Netherlands who handle the final bottle-to-bottle recycling stage requiring very high purity standards. NAMé's quality meets international standards for this application.
• LiveBuildminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial enterprise active in the coffee sector in Cameroon, based in the Netherlands. Proposed to organize collection processes in regions where they are operational, leveraging their existing network in several Cameroonian regions.
• Cameroonian Ministry of Environment, Nature and Sustainable DevelopmentcoreOthersNAMé received its environmental license from the Cameroon Ministry of Environment, Nature and Sustainable Development on August 24, 2015. This is the only environmental permit for plastic waste management in Cameroon, establishing NAMé as the authorized operator for this sector.
• Cameroon municipalities and citiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAMé works in close collaboration with Cameroonian cities and municipalities under a public-private partnership (PPP) approach, exchanging with the Ministry of Environment. This represents a paradigm shift in managing used plastic bottles in Cameroon.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Chanja Datti: Nigeria-based plastic recycling startup that collects plastic waste and converts it into recycled products (floor tiles, paving slabs). Comparable as a Sub-Saharan African collector-processor targeting industrial offtake markets.
• Mr. Green Africa: Kenya-based plastic recycling company collecting and processing post-consumer plastic waste into recycled pellets for sale to manufacturers. Comparable as a Sub-Saharan African recycler converting informal-sourced plastic into internationally saleable PCR feedstock.
• Wecyclers: Nigeria-based waste collection and recycling platform incentivizing household recycling through informal collection networks. Comparable as a West/Central African collector using informal networks to aggregate plastic waste at scale.

Broad incumbents

• Indorama Ventures: Global PET and recycled PET (rPET) producer with bottle-to-bottle recycling facilities across multiple continents. Comparable as a destination buyer and benchmark for NAMé's pellet exports to European bottle-to-bottle partners.
• ALPLA: Global plastics packaging manufacturer and recycler with significant rPET and PCR capacity. Comparable as a large incumbent in plastics recycling whose quality standards set the bar NAMé's pellets must meet.
• CarbonLite: US-based PET bottle-to-bottle recycler producing food-grade rPET pellets. Comparable as a high-purity bottle-to-bottle recycler, representative of the international reference buyer profile NAMé pitches to in Belgium and the Netherlands.
• Lianzhong (Guangzhou) Industrial: Chinese recycler of PET bottles into rPET and recycled polyester fiber. Comparable as a large-scale Asian PCR competitor whose pricing dynamics influence the global rPET market NAMé exports into.

Emerging players

• EcoPost: Kenyan social enterprise recycling post-consumer plastic waste into durable fencing posts and other products. Comparable as an East African plastic recycler building commercial value chains from informal-collected plastic.
• TONTOTON: Haiti-based plastic recovery organization focused on ocean-bound plastic collection and recycling. Comparable as an emerging-market plastic recovery operator using collection networks to remove plastic waste and channel it into recycling value chains.

Regional players

• Petco (PET Recycling Company): South African industry-backed PET recycling company operating a national collection and recycling value chain for PET bottles. Comparable as an African PET-focused recycler with producer-responsibility structures and beverage-industry partnerships.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/NAMeRecycling
• Xx.com/name_recycling

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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