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Rosalia Msalike is an entrepreneur from the Ifakara region who applied for and received two loans during 2024. After successfully repaying the first loan, the second is currently in progress. The concept is simple: the town of Ifakara currently doesn’t have a public household waste collection system.

In addition, plastic recycling plants have been launched near the capital, in Dar-Es-Salaam, which pay residents per bag to transport hard plastic waste to the plant.

 

Rosalia Msalike has applied for a loan of TZS 1,000,000 (around CHF 350) to launch her plastic waste recovery business.

The funding is intended for the purchase of a machine that breaks down plastic into smaller pieces, making it easier to transport to the capital, where the waste is recycled. She receives payment for each bag of shredded plastic brought to the plants.

 

Having quickly repaid its first loan in full, Rosalia Msalike obtained a second loan of TZS 5,000,000 (around CHF 1,750) to increase its processing capacity from 1 to 3 tonnes of plastic.

This funding enabled the purchase of a second shredder, the creation of a new workstation, and the setting up of a waste collection system within the community, as well as a simple transport system to the capital.

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